Empirical Evidence on the Motives for Bank Mergers

Dean F. Amel · Stephen A. Rhoades

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Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Corporate Finance and Governance Merger and Competition Analysis

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Determinants of bank mergers are analyzed to get an indication of the motives for mergers. The analysis is based on 1, 724 bank mergers and acquisitions from 1978 to 1983 using multinomial logit analysis for testing purposes. Market share of the target and per capita income stand out as attractive to acquiring firms, but growth and profits do not. Overall, the findings in this study do not point to any single motive for bank acquisitions. This is consistent with findings for the industrial sector and most other findings for banking.

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