investigate the characteristics of bank financial statements before the start of the global crisis, which helps to explain the … a sample period, are crucially important for corporate governance and bank performance. The results from our analysis …-based monitoring of banks M&As in terms of higher quality financial reporting is negatively linked with bank performance, whereas local …

This paper analyzes the determinants of bank mergers and acquisitions (M&As) from a bank-level perspective. The main … decision of merging, including the size of the bank, profitability, lending activities, liquidity, bank concentration, banking …