regulators, but also shareholders and managers, should be interested in managing antitrust risks in banks in order to avoid … management activities. It also shows how antitrust risk management can be implemented in banks' governance structures using the …

-merger profitability of targets, a decrease in the size of acquirers and a decreasing share of transactions in which banks are acquired by … other banks. Other merger properties, including the size and risk profile of targets, the geographic overlap of merging … banks and the stock market response of rivals appear unaffected. The evidence suggests that the strengthening of merger …