The dollars and sense of bank consolidation

P. Hughes, Joseph; W. Lang, William; J. Mester, Loretta; Moon, Choon‐Geol

doi:10.1016/s0378-4266(98)00088-0

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The dollars and sense of bank consolidation

Published in Journal of Banking & Finance • Feb 1, 1999

Authors:

Joseph P. Hughes

William W. Lang

Loretta J. Mester

Abstract

For nearly two decades banks in the US have consolidated in record numbers – in terms of both frequency and the size of the merging institutions. Rhoades (1996) (S.A. Rhoades, 1996. Bank Mergers and Industrywide Structure, 1980–1994. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Staff Study 169)...

Subject

Consolidation (business)

Insolvency

Economics

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