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The Bank Merger Paradox

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As the new millennium opens, no issue has preoccupied bank management more than their role in the merger consolidation process. From Japan to Europe and the US, the merger wave has engulfed banks of every description. Table 1.1 provides a statistical profile of the value of such mergers since 1991.

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Notes and References

  1. R. Harold Schroeder (Keefe, Bruyette and Woods), quoted in Smith, ‘The Revenue Chase’, Banking Strategies, Mar/Apr 1998, p. 74.

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  2. James Hance of Nationsbank quoted in ibid, p. 74.

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  4. Quoted in Pilloff and Santomero, Value Effects of Bank Mergers and Acquisitions, 1996.

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  6. Quoted in Cline, ‘Unlocking the Better in Bigger’, Banking Strategies, Sept/Oct 1998, p. 70.

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  8. Amihud and Miller, Bank Mergers and Acquisitions, 1998, p. 60.

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© 2000 Steven I. Davis

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Davis, S.I. (2000). The Bank Merger Paradox. In: Bank Mergers. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230509399_1

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