Financial characteristics of banks involved in acquisitions: Evidence from Asia

Applied Financial Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 329-341

  Pasiouras, Fotios ^a   Gaganis, Chrysovalantis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; LOGISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 33847288702     PISSN: 09603107     EISSN: 14664305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603100600675524     Document Type: Article

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