Bank mergers: What's a policymaker to do?

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 637-643

  Santomero, Anthony M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Banking; G21; L5; Mergers; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033074729     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(98)00099-5     Document Type: Article

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