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Cross-Border Bank Mergers: What Lures the Rare Animal?

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dc.creator DeLong, Gayle L.
dc.creator Buch, Claudia M.
dc.date 2001
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T06:57:13Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T06:57:13Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/17888
dc.identifier ppn:333226186
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/17888
dc.description Although domestic mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in the financial services industry have increased steadily over the past two decades, international M&As were relatively rare until recently. This paper uses a novel dataset of over 2,300 mergers that took place between 1978 and 2001 to analyse the determinants of international bank mergers. We test the extent to which information costs and regulations hold back merger activity. Our results suggest that banks operating in more regulated environments are less likely to be the targets of international bank mergers. Hence, the lifting of regulations can spur growth in cross-border bank mergers. Also, mergers tend to be less frequent if information costs are high.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) Kiel
dc.relation Kieler Arbeitspapiere 1070
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject G21
dc.subject F21
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject cross-border banking
dc.subject information costs
dc.subject regulations
dc.subject mergers and acquisitions
dc.subject Bank
dc.subject Internationale Bank
dc.subject Fusion
dc.subject Übernahme
dc.subject Informationskosten
dc.subject Bankenpolitik
dc.subject Schätzung
dc.subject Welt
dc.subject Distanz
dc.title Cross-Border Bank Mergers: What Lures the Rare Animal?
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper
dc.coverage 1978-2001
dc.coverage 1978-2000


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