Determinants of domestic and cross-border bank acquisitions in the European Union

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1022-1032

  Hernando, Ignacio ^a   Nieto, María J ^a   Wall, Larry D ^b  

^a BANCO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank acquisitions; Merger gains; Probability of acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 62749084940     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2008.10.017     Document Type: Article

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