This paper analyzes the monthly evolution of bank competition in Mexico from 2008 to 2019 using different measures …

We assess the effects on the welfare of corporate borrowers of the recent wave of bank consolidations in the United …

government safety net. The findings indicate that as statutory restrictions on bank expansion faded over time, size …-related efficiency gains receded, and as bank size continued to expand through market overlap mergers, market power gains emerged. When … onto the government safety net. These finding have implications for reform proposals that aim to restrict bank size in the …

government safety net. The findings indicate that as statutory restrictions on bank expansion faded over time, size …-related efficiency gains receded, and as bank size continued to expand through market overlap mergers, market power gains emerged. When … onto the government safety net. These finding have implications for reform proposals that aim to restrict bank size in the …

concentration indices (k bank concentration ratios (CR5) and the Herfindahl-Hirschman indices (HHI)).Empirical analysis shows that …

Abstract: Using a unique sample of 425 bank mergers in the US announced between 2000 and 2008 this paper provides clear … evidence supporting the collusion and productive efficiency hypotheses. By analyzing 425 bank mergers and a total of 1112 … attributed to either the collusion, productive efficiency, acquisition probability or pre-emptive merger hypothesis. In contrast …

and Fortis Bank NL in the Dutch retail banking market. The financial crisis delayed the completion of the merger giving …We investigate the trade-off between financial stability and competition policy by focusing on the merger of ABN AMRO … the first to apply merger simulation methods in the context of banking using disaggregated data. …

We analyze the role of bank mergers as determinants of the evolution of branch presence at the county level. Panel …- and post-crisis. The results indicate that bank mergers contributed to the increase of branches in the pre-crisis period …

Bank profitability in the USA was extremely high in the pre-crisis period, yet this did not prevent the current crisis …. It has become clear that these profits were on shaky grounds and also that bank profits were not used to buttress banks …' capital bases. This paper analyses the effects of structure on profitability from 1994 to 2005. Bank-level panel data are used …