Post-merger performance of bank holding companies, 1987-1998

Financial Review

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 549-574

  Knapp, Morris ^a   Gart, Alan ^b   Becher, David ^c  

^a MIAMI DADE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset mix; Bank mergers; Cost controls; Credit quality; G21; G34; Mergers and acquisitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649017047     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6288.2005.00124.x     Document Type: Article

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