level of bank capitalization. The existence of a large highly connected hub is beneficial in a capitalized network with a …

This paper investigates the impact of corporate governance on European bank performance during the period 2002 … more specifically the board size and composition, the gender diversity and the CEO duality on the European bank performance … impact on bank performance. Large board of directors with more female members led to better bank performance, whereas, the …

This paper investigates the impact of gender diversity on bank efficiency using a unique hand-collected dataset …

present the current European Bank Union situation, with its goals and future agenda. Following that, the legal framework of … the supervision of Bank M&As will be covered. Having analyzed the incentives of banks to merge, the past five years of the … European Banking Union history and the current trends of the bank mergers, two relevant questions arise. Firstly, it is not …

former works is that we study M&A and the identification of targets and buyers by line of bank's activities. On the basis of …

We analyze the takeover premiums paid for a sample of European bank mergers between 1997 and 2007. We find that … acquiring banks value profitable, high-growth and low risk targets. We also find that the strength of bank regulation and … supervision as well as deposit insurance regimes in Europe have measurable effects on takeover pricing. Stricter bank regulatory …

and Fortis Bank NL in the Dutch retail banking market. The financial crisis delayed the completion of the merger giving …