,300 mergers that took place between 1978 and 2001 to analyse the determinants of international bank mergers. We test the extent to … regulated environments are less likely to be the targets of international bank mergers. Hence, the lifting of regulations can … past two decades, international M&As were relatively rare until recently. This paper uses a novel dataset of over 2 …

problems involved. In this study, we analyze the effect of German bank mergers in the period 1995-2000 on banks' profitability …

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 … merger. On average, the estimated cumulative loss of volume during the first five post-merger quarters was 2.6 million checks …

Internet resources, extended media coverage and international organizations' reports recently witness the increasing … primarily outlines that many elements of microfinance could be considered consistent with the broader goals of Islamic banking … addressing new markets and embracing unconventional financial proposals, the global banking sector can contribute to the quest …

In this paper, we investigate how bank mergers affect bank revenues and present empirical evidence that mergers among … banks have a substantial and persistent negative impact on merging banks' revenues. We refer to merger related negative … customers and the temporary distraction of management from day-to-day operations by effecting the merger. For our analyses we …

merger related effects on small business lending in Germany from a bank-level perspective. Furthermore, we estimate small … engage in small business lending. The ongoing consolidation in the banking industry has sparked concerns about the continuous … businesses compared to prior to the merger or compared to the contemporaneous lending by non-merging banks. We investigate the …

Heterogenous banking supervision and regulation is often considered as the most important impediment for Pan …-European Bank mergers. In this paper we identify other more fundamental reasons for a limited degree of cross-country integration in … retail banking. We argue that the distribution of regional liquidity shocks may pose a natural limit to the extent of cross …