Mergers and acquisitions of financial institutions: A review of the post-2000 literature

Journal of Financial Services Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 87-110

  de Young, Robert ^a   Evanoff, Douglas D ^b   Molyneux, Philip ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banks; Financial institutions; Literature review; Mergers and acquisitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350412471     PISSN: 09208550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10693-009-0066-7     Document Type: Article

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