by changes following bank mergers involving Federal Reserve customer banks. This paper evaluates the effect of bank … two or more Reserve Bank customers have resulted in volume losses, especially during the first quarter following the … additional check-processing volume because of bank mergers. …

Bank consolidation is a global phenomenon. It may enhance the value of firms in the industry if, for example, it is … bank holding companies in the U.S., we find strong evidence of managerial entrenchment that influences how asset … acquisitions and sales affect financial performance. We measure bank financial performance both by Tobin's q ratio and by its …

advisors to acquirers. In particular, the target earns higher abnormal returns when the target's own bank certifies the (more …. Second, acquirers predominantly use commercial bank advisors to obtain access to bank loans that may be used to finance the …. Moreover, the advising bank's recommendations may be distorted by considerations related to credit exposure incurred in both …

We address two questions: (i) Are bank capital structure and value correlated in the cross section, and if so, how? (ii …) If bank capital does affect bank value, how are the components of bank value affected by capital? We first develop a … dynamic model with a dissipative cost of bank capital that is traded off against the benefits of capital: strengthened …