accounting for differences in observed bank characteristics. This downward bias does not seem to be explained by the fact that …

A model of loan rate competition with liquidity provision by banks is used to study bank mergers. Both loan rate … of bank mergers. As such, we contrast the effects of "revenue base enhancing" mergers with the effects of mergers "for … stability and efficiency is often present, indicating that the approval of bank mergers induces difficult policy choices. …

This paper studies the impact of bank mergers on firm-bank lending relationships using information from individual loan … contracts in Belgium. We analyse the effects of bank mergers on the probability of borrowers maintaining their lending … relationships and on their ability to continue tapping bank credit. The environment reflects a number of interesting features: high …

countries. The European Central Bank (ECB), jointly with the Banking Supervision Committee (BSC), has an interest in monitoring …

deposit customers. In the past, bank regulation has often been blamed for undermining competition and the functioning of … tries to shed some light on the historical development and current state of bank regulation in Germany. In so doing, it … tries to embed the analysis of bank regulation in a more general industrial organization framework. For every regulated …