Behr, Andreas (contributor); Heid, Frank (contributor) - 2008
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 … and cost efficiency. We suggest a new matching strategy to control for the selection effects arising from the fact that …