Huizinga, Harry; Nelissen, Jan H. M.; Vander Vennet, Rudi - 2001
paperanalyzes the efficiency effects of 52 horizontal bank mergersover the period 1994-1998, i.e. the period immediately … importantcatalyst for bank consolidation in Europe. In order to assessthe public policy issues surrounding bank mergers, this …, while therelative degree of profit efficiency improves only marginally.We do not find any evidence that merging banks are …