Why do banks merge?

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1047-1066

  Focarelli, Dario ^a   Panetta, Fabio ^a   Salleo, Carmelo ^a  

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EID: 0036842440     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mcb.2002.0054     Document Type: Article

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