M&A operations and performance in banking

Journal of Financial Services Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 203-226

  Beccalli, Elena ^a,b   Frantz, Pascal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA   (Italy)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banking; Cost and profit efficiency; EU and US; Mergers and acquisitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350376780     PISSN: 09208550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10693-008-0051-6     Document Type: Article

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