Cross-border bank acquisitions: Is there a performance effect?

Journal of Financial Services Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-197

  Correa, Ricardo ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

International banking; Mergers and acquisitions; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350366910     PISSN: 09208550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10693-008-0043-6     Document Type: Article

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