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,300 mergers that took place between 1978 and 2001 to analyse the determinants of international bank mergers. We test the extent to … which information costs and regulations hold back merger activity. Our results suggest that banks operating in more … regulated environments are less likely to be the targets of international bank mergers. Hence, the lifting of regulations can …
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the efficiency of banks? Third, what are the risk effects of international bank mergers? We begin with a brief summary of …
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,300 mergers that took place between 1978 and 2001 to analyse the determinants of international bank mergers. We test the extent to … which information costs and regulations hold back merger activity. Our results suggest that banks operating in more … regulated environments are less likely to be the targets of international bank mergers. Hence, the lifting of regulations can …
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enhances the incentives of banks to expand within Euroland. Yet, while the currency bias in bank portfolios will be eliminated …
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This paper provides empirical evidence on the determinants of foreign activities of German banks. We use regionally disaggregated panel data for the years 1981?98 and distinguish foreign direct investment from total foreign assets of domestic banks, of their foreign branches and their...
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