Big-bank mergers in Europe: An analysis of the cost implications

Economica

Volumn 64, Issue 254, 1997, Pages 317-329

  Altunbaş, Yener ^a   Molyneux, Philip ^a   Thornton, John ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; COSTS IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL MERGER; SERVICE SECTOR;

EUROPE;

EID: 0031436355     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0335.00080     Document Type: Article

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