German banks experienced a merger wave throughout the 1990s. However …

German banks experienced a merger wave throughout the 1990s. However, the success of bank mergers remains a continuous … CE levels above the average of non-merging banks. Second, banks must exhibit CE changes between merger and evaluation … year above efficiency changes of non-merging banks. We employ this taxonomy to characterise (successful) mergers in terms …

The question of whether or not mergers and acquisitions have helped to enhance banks' efficiency and profitability has … problems involved. In this study, we analyze the effect of German bank mergers in the period 1995-2000 on banks' profitability … predominantly under-performing banks engage in mergers. Our results indicate a neutral effect of mergers on profitability and a …

The inability of most bank merger studies to control for hidden bailouts may …

How does bank distress impact their customers' probability of default and trade credit availability? We address this … question by looking at a unique sample of German firms from 2000 to 2011. We follow their firm-bank relationships through times … of distress and crisis, featuring the different transmission of bank distress shocks into already weakened firm balance …

How does bank distress impact their customers' probability of default and trade credit availability? We address this … question by looking at a unique sample of German firms from 2000 to 2011. We follow their firm-bank relationships through times … of distress and crisis, featuring the different transmission of bank distress shocks into already weakened firm balance …

How does bank distress impact their customers' probability of default and trade credit availability? We address this … question by looking at a unique sample of German firms from 2000 to 2011. We follow their firm-bank relationships through times … of distress and crisis, featuring the different transmission of bank distress shocks into already weakened firm balance …

How does bank distress impact their customers' probability of default and trade credit availability? We address this … question by looking at a unique sample of German firms from 2000 to 2011. We follow their firm-bank relationships through times … of distress and crisis, featuring the different transmission of bank distress shocks into already weakened firm balance …

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 … regulatory intervention history to distinguish between distressed and non-distressed mergers. We find that, among merging banks …

lending collected from major German banks, we can instrument for effective coordination between lenders, carrying out a panel … estimation. The analysis allows to distinguish between rents that accrue due to single bank lending, rents that accrue due to …