measured by the Z-score technique while controlling for macroeconomic, bank-specific, regulatory, and institutional factors …

to explain the deposit rate dynamics following bank mergers. We find a strong and sharp post-merger convergence between …

We analyze the takeover premiums paid for a sample of European bank mergers between 1997 and 2007. We find that … acquiring banks value profitable, high-growth, and low-risk targets. We also find that the strength of bank regulation and … supervision and of deposit insurance regimes in Europe has measurable effects on takeover pricing. Stricter bank regulatory …

and measures competition vis-à-vis other market participants. We apply this extended Boone indicator to individual bank …

impact on the European banking sector and the European economy. The European Central Bank (ECB) and the Single Resolution …

countries and over the years. The statistical results indicated that while some differences in bank behavior as indicated by the …. European bank behavior gave evidence of being in harmony and uniform over countries and years. Some policy implications are … discussed briefly. -- Bank behavior ; Profit ; Capital account ratios ; Harmonization …