An assessment of bank merger success in Germany

German Economic Review

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 232-264

  Koetter, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bank mergers; Cost efficiency; Distress; Germany; Profit efficiency; Regulation

Indexed keywords

BANKING; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MERGER; PROFITABILITY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 41849128211     PISSN: 14656485     EISSN: 14680475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0475.2008.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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