Megamergers and expanded scope: Theories of bank size and activity diversity

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 195-214

  Milbourn, Todd T ^a   Boot, Arnoud W A ^b   Thakor, Anjan V ^c  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Herd behavior; Strategic investments

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033074488     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(98)00079-X     Document Type: Article

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