The wealth effect of forced bank mergers and cronyism

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3215-3233

  Chong, Beng Soon ^a   Liu, Ming Hua ^b   Tan, Kok Hui ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bank mergers; Cronyism; Industry consolidation; Politically connected firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749627387     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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