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The Benefits and Costs of Bank Mergers*

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  • Cohen, Kalman J.
  • Reid, Samuel Richardson

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The pros and cons of bank mergers and multiple-office banking are in the forefront of bank policy consideration today [8, p. 19] Commercial banks have Joined the industrial and merchandising files., as well as the transportation companies, to sweil a rising tide of merger; The Comptroller of the Currency has reported that nearly 2,000 banks with resources of over $40 billion, were acquired by other banks between 1950 and 1962, inclusive, [47, p. ll].

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  • Cohen, Kalman J. & Reid, Samuel Richardson, 1966. "The Benefits and Costs of Bank Mergers*," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 1(4), pages 15-57, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jfinqa:v:1:y:1966:i:04:p:15-57_01
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    1. Walter A. Varvel, 1976. "The motivation for bank holding company acquisitions," Working Paper 76-02, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.

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