comparatively cheap deposits of bank's liabilities but among other factors especially by the size of the bank. In our empirical … finding of a strong influence of bank size on funding costs is also in an in international context of great interest as … mergers among small local banks - the key driver of bank growth - are a recent phenomenon not only in European banking that is …

The impact of cross-border bank M&As on bank risk remains an open question. Though geographically diversifying bank M …&As have the potential to reduce the risk of bank insolvency, they also have the potential to increase that risk due to the … increase in risk-taking incentives for bank managers and stockholders following these transactions. This paper empirically …