that when calculating the value of these indices, the National Bank of Serbia most often uses the absolute value of assets …

stability of the system as a whole. Exploiting a rich bank-level balance sheet database for eight Latin American countries, we …

-merger financial performance. We find that, on average, bank mergers in the European Union resulted in improved return on capital. By …

This paper analyzes the effects of bank mergers on bank firm relationships. Using matched bank-firm level data, I find … positive effects of mergers for borrowers that continue the lending relationship with the consolidated bank. On average …

or financial companies. After an overview on the role of banks in bank-based versus market-based financial systems, and …

This paper studies the impact of bank mergers on firm-bank lending relationships using information from individual loan … contracts in Belgium. We analyse the effects of bank mergers on the probability of borrowers maintaining their lending … relationships and on their ability to continue tapping bank credit. The environment reflects a number of interesting features: high …

A model of loan rate competition with liquidity provision by banks is used to study bank mergers. Both loan rate … of bank mergers. As such, we contrast the effects of "revenue base enhancing" mergers with the effects of mergers "for … stability and efficiency is often present, indicating that the approval of bank mergers induces difficult policy choices. …