provide evidence that the size of the acquiring banks and the debt to equity ratio of the target bank play an important role …

provide evidence that the size of the acquiring banks and the debt to equity ratio of the target bank play a significant role …

1999 to 2006. Applying propensity score matching techniques we estimate positive wage premia of cross-boarder merger and …

1999-2006. Applying propensity score matching techniques we estimate positive wage premia of cross-boarder merger and …

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 …

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

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

We explore the connection between firm's market threats from product market and corporate takeover activities. Using … while firms locate in lowly fluid market experience more instabilities in competition environment. Post-takeover performance …-makings, and firms generally takeover targets locate in environment of similar market threatening, even after controlling for …