Can mergers in Europe help banks hedge against macroeconomic risk?

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 315-326

  Méon, Pierre Guillaume ^a   Weill, Laurent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; INVESTMENT; MERGER; RISK FACTOR;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 15744405809     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0960310042000323629     Document Type: Article

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