Megamergers in a global economy : causes and consequences / edited by Benton E. Gup.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gup, Benton E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial concentration--United States.

Industrial concentration.

United States.

Consolidation and merger of corporations--United States.

Consolidation and merger of corporations.

International economic relations.

Physical Description:

x, 221 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Quorum Books, 2002.

Summary:

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Within each chicken egg is a pocket of air for breathing and a yolk for eating. After 21 days of being kept warm by its nesting mother, a chick breaks out of its shell and is destined for either an egg farm or a free-range farm.

Contents:

1. Industry Consolidation: The Natural Thing to Do / Benton E. Gup 1

2. A Century of Mergers and Acquisitions / Carolyn A. Carroll 19

3. Large Mergers during the 1990s / Jonathan M. Karpoff, David Wessels 45

4. Big Bank Mergers in the United States: Motivations, Effects, and Likely Competitive Consequences / Bernard Shull, Gerald A. Hanweck 65

5. Megamergers: Causes and Effects

A European (Swiss) Perspective / Rudolf Volkart 85

6. Mergers "Down Under": An Australian Perspective on Mergers in Financial Services / Ian R. Harper 103

7. Bank Consolidation in Japan: What Can We Learn from It? / Benton E. Gup 111

8. Bank Mergers in Spain: Are They Unique? / Benton E. Gup 135

9. Risk Management Systems for Merging Banking and Casualty/Property Insurance / D. Johannes Juttner 149

10. Risks Associated with Mega Financial Institutions / Steven A. Seelig, Peter J. Elmer 171

11. Addressing the Too-Big-to-Fail Problem / Ron Feldman, Gary H. Stern 187

12. How Some Mergers Go Wrong / Benton E. Gup 207.

Notes:

"Earlier versions of several of the chapters were presented at the annual meeting of the Financial Management Association in Seattle in October 2000 and at other venues"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-214) and index.

ISBN:

1567204023

OCLC:

45879688