value? Answering this question is difficult since the hypotheticalcounterfactual is hard to determine. We exploit merger … winningthe contest, the post-merger performance of the loser allows calculating the counterfactualperformance of the winner … without the merger. In a novel data set of merger contests since1985, we find that the returns of bidders are closely aligned …

for stock corporations. Recent empirical evidence, moreover, suggests that bank shareholders pushed for greater risk …-taking and not managers. This contrast with public view that the bank managers are pushed by aggressive remunerations schemes to …

The inability of most bank merger studies to control for hidden bailouts may lead to biased results. In this study, we … employ a unique data set of approximately 1,000 mergers to analyze the determinants of bank mergers. We use data on the …

German banks experienced a merger wave throughout the 1990s. However, the success of bank mergers remains a continuous … matter of debate. In this paper we suggest a taxonomy as how to evaluate post-merger performance on the basis of cost … CE levels above the average of non-merging banks. Second, banks must exhibit CE changes between merger and evaluation …

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 …