Autor teilt die Zusammenschlußeffekte, die bei der Akquisition einer Bank denkbar sind, in vier Kategorien ein …

This study investigates the bank competition-stability nexus using a unique regulatory dataset provided by the Deutsche … Bundesbank over the period 1994 to 2010. First, we use outright bank defaults as the most direct measure of bank risk available … and contrast the results to weaker forms of bank distress. Second, we control for a wide array of different time …

,300 mergers that took place between 1978 and 2001 to analyse the determinants of international bank mergers. We test the extent to … regulated environments are less likely to be the targets of international bank mergers. Hence, the lifting of regulations can … spur growth in cross-border bank mergers. Also, mergers tend to be less frequent if information costs are high. …