We empirically examine the impact of bank consolidation on bank acquisition of soft information about borrowers. Using … complexity upon a merger, rather than a post-merger cost-cut, is likely to cause a negative and significant impact on soft …

facilitate merger and acquisition (M&A) deals. We find that firms are significantly more likely to become targets if they borrow …

, and the kink point is 5%. Using the bank merger events and the 5% rule as the exogenous shock for blockholders, our …In this paper, we investigate the impact of bank mergers on the lending relationship and on client-firm performance. We … study bank mergers that have occurred in Japan since 2000 and find that banks reduce the loan amounts for firms with which …