Mergers and Acquisitions in European Banking

Provides a detailed analytical assessment of the merger and acquisition phenomenon in banking. It advances the prior literature focusing on some specific aspects that have been investigated by only limited previous analysis by assessing the effect produced by M&A transactions on bank efficiency and shareholder value.

FRANCO FIORDELISI is Professor of Banking and Finance at the Faculty of Economics, University of Rome III, Italy. He is also Visiting Senior Research Fellow at Bangor Business School, UK, and at the Essex Finance Centre of the University of Essex, UK. His main research interest relates to the economics of banking and other financial institutions, focusing on efficiency, productivity and shareholder value creation. He recently published Shareholder Value in European Banking (2007) and New Drivers of Performance in a Changing Financial World (2008). He has acted as a consultant to many banks, leasing and factoring companies.