Stockholder gains from focusing versus diversifying bank mergers

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 221-252

  Delong, Gayle L ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Banks; G14; G21; G34; L89; Market reaction; Mergers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001301086     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(00)00086-6     Document Type: Article

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