Mergers and acquisitions and bank performance in Europe: The role of strategic similarities

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 204-222

  Altunbaş, Yener ^a   Marqués, David ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Banks; M As; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 44249121092     PISSN: 01486195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconbus.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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