The question of whether or not mergers and acquisitions have helped to enhance banks' efficiency and profitability has … problems involved. In this study, we analyze the effect of German bank mergers in the period 1995-2000 on banks' profitability … predominantly under-performing banks engage in mergers. Our results indicate a neutral effect of mergers on profitability and a …

Prior studies report a decline or no change in acquirers' profitability after a merger or business acquisition. Those … studies, however, do not consider the downward impact on profitability that stems from use of the "purchase accounting" (and …-acquisition profitability. We find that recognition rules for acquired inventories, deferred revenues, in-process research and development (IPR …

Among other reasons, the aim to gain efficiency and increasing profitability are generally cited as important reasons … terms of scale economies and profitability. For the acquiring firms in the year 1999, the time period 1996-99 has been taken … under study have experienced diseconomies of scale and profitability of many of the firms have declined during the post …

We explore how changes in ownership affect the productivity and profitability of producers. Using detailed data from … and gains in capacity utilization that raised both their productivity and profitability levels …

In this paper we compare the profitability of a merger to the profitability of a partial ownership arrangement and find …