employ a unique data set of approximately 1,000 mergers to analyze the determinants of bank mergers. We use data on the … regulatory intervention history to distinguish between distressed and non-distressed mergers. We find that, among merging banks …-distressed mergers have worse CAMEL profiles than our control group. In fact, non-distressed mergers may be motivated by the desire to …

terms of mergers and acquisitions, resulting in a decreasing number of hospital owners. In this study, I examine the ex …

243 mergers, we analyze motives for and cost effects of small-scale mergers in German banking. Estimating a frontier cost … if the merged unit closes part of the former branch network. When we compare actual mergers to a simulation of … hypothetical mergers, size effects of observed mergers turn out to be slightly more favorable than for all possible mergers. Banks …

We collect data on operations, targets and human resources management practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year …-olds in eight countries. Overall, we show that higher management quality is strongly associated with better educational … outcomes. The UK, Sweden, Canada and the US obtain the highest management scores closely followed by Germany, with a gap to …