Predicted and actual costs from individual bank mergers

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 137-157

  Valverde, Santiago Carbó ^a   Humphrey, David B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost prediction; Mergers; Savings banks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0842325175     PISSN: 01486195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconbus.2003.05.001     Document Type: Article

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