to explain the deposit rate dynamics following bank mergers. We find a strong and sharp post-merger convergence between … their own deposit rates in the same direction. We find that pre-merger differences in deposit rates between merged entities … explain more of the post-merger evolution of deposit rates than the predicted changes in local market concentration induced by …

In an attempt to enrich the literature of the efficiency of financial services sector with holistic perspective, this … study aims to empirically investigate the input efficiency of banking and insurance sectors with further probe into Islamic … show that, on average, the allocative efficiency of the overall Islamic financial services sector has increased during the …

, stability, and efficiency. Data for this research are collected from 48 conventional banks and 28 Islamic banks of the Gulf … significant even after controlling for bank specific variables. Moreover, larger banks have less intermediation ratio which …

assumptions, e.g. connectivity, contagion channel and the merger process, on different static and dynamic stability measures. We … systems. Our main finding is that merger activities can stabilize or destabilize the modelled financial network, depending on … various details such as the connectivity of the network and the assumed merger process. Merger activities can increase …

firm, efficiency is an important determinant of the probability of being acquired. Also, the concentration index, which …