Cross-border bank mergers: What lures the rare animal?

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2077-2102

  Buch, Claudia M ^a   DeLong, Gayle ^b  

^a KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross border banking; Information costs; Mergers and acquisitions; Regulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842512825     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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