This Article provides a summary comparison of the processes in the United States and Canada for governmental approval … of bank mergers. The topic came to prominence in 1998 when four of Canada's five largest banks unveiled plans that would … have resulted in the Royal Bank of Canada merging with the Bank of Montreal and the Toronto Dominion Bank combining with …

evidence to conclude that bank efficiencies are different either between the US and Canada, or between large and small banks in …

attribute to the merger movement in Canada after 1900 which allowed the Canadian banking system to evolve from a system with … incomplete regional diversification, and hence subject to a significant risk of an occasional failure by a large bank, to one …

attribute to the merger movement in Canada after 1900 which allowed the Canadian banking system to evolve from a system with … incomplete regional diversification, and hence subject to a significant risk of an occasional failure by a large bank, to one …

and Canada) could benefit from including these elements from the design stage …

If stable and efficient banks are such a good idea, why are they so rare? -- The game of bank bargains -- Tools of … colonial times to 1990 -- The new U.S. bank bargain : megabanks, urban activists, and the erosion of mortgage standards … -- Leverage, regulatory failure, and the subprime crisis -- Durable partners : politics and banking in Canada -- Mexico : chaos …