Microeconomic determinants of acquisitions of Eastern European banks by Western European banks

Economics of Transition

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 285-308

  Lanine, Gleb ^a   Vander Vennet, Rudi ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bank efficiency; Central and Eastern Europe; Cross bonder acquisitions; Mergers and acquisitions; Transition economics

Indexed keywords

BANKING; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; MERGER; MICROECONOMICS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROFITABILITY; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947726933     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: 14680351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2007.00288.x     Document Type: Article

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