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 …

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 …

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

This paper presents some ideas about determinants of merger waves and some evidence on their effect on profitability … and employment. A brief survey of previous merger waves and an analysis of the recent one give support to the hypothesis … that sectoral shocks are at the root of merger waves. Deregulation and globalization are identified as the shocks …

merger targets between 1990 and 2009. We use different matching techniques to construct separate control groups for acquirers … and targets and use appropriate difference-in-difference estimation methods to single out the causal effect of mergers on … R&D growth and intensity. We find that target firms substantially decrease their R&D efforts after a merger, while the R …

We analyze factors behind 23,213 distressed acquisitions in European emerging markets from 2007–2019. Besides the … probability of distressed acquisitions, followed by corruption control and progress in banking reforms. The impact of institutions …

faced by a bank. Assuming that loans may turn bad any year after they are granted, a banks’ lending behaviour has been shown … Indian banking industry. However, when the systemic importance of the bank is considered, the systemically important banks …This study has two objectives, first, to investigate if the lending behaviour of banks exhibits moral hazard in the …

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 …