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The determinants of Mergers and Acquisitions in Italian banks

Elena Beccalli, Francesca Lenoci
July - August 2014 - n. 7/8
Jel codes: G21, G34

During the crisis the financial system experienced a concentration process driven by new M&A released by both big and medium banks. The article evaluates the role of banking features and regulatory framework in explaining the probability to be a target firm in a domestic or cross border M&A. Results show that bigger Italian banks are more interested to promote M&A for acquiring comparable banks while cross border M&A are promoted by banks interested to enter in new markets previously not served

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