A quantitative analysis of qualitative arguments in a bank merger

International Review of Financial Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 379-403

  Went, Peter ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Banks; Case study; International financial institutions; Mergers; Universal banks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041841457     PISSN: 10575219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1057-5219(03)00031-0     Document Type: Article

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