Bank deregulation and acquisition activity: The cases of the US, Italy and Germany

Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 199-209

  Hagendorff, Jens ^a   Collins, Michael ^a   Keasey, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acquisitions and mergers; Banks; Germany; Italy; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450266422     PISSN: 13581988     EISSN: 17400279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13581980710744084     Document Type: Article

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