Where do merger gains come from? Bank mergers from the perspective of insiders and outsiders*

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 285-331

  Houston, Joel F ^a   James, Christopher M ^a   Ryngaert, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank mergers; G21; G34; Mergers and acquisitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001502289     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(01)00046-0     Document Type: Article

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