vary substantially across studies. In this paper, we aim for a comprehensive empirical analysis of a bank merger's impact … for the rigidity of the deposit rates and for a range of merger, bank and local market features. An innovation of our work … impact of bank mergers on deposit rates. In particular, results on the dynamics of deposit rates surrounding bank mergers …

We analyze a large merger in the Dutch banking market during the financial crisis using disaggregated data. Based on a … merger simulation model, we evaluate merger-induced changes in the interest rates for savings accounts. We find that the …

In this paper I revisit the debate on the impact of bank and market characteristics on the rigidity of retail bank … interest rates. Whereas existing research in this area has been exclusively concerned with static measures of bank and market … structure, I adopt a dynamic approach which explores the rigidity effects of the changes of bank and market structure generated …