Working Paper
How have borrowers fared in banking mega-mergers?
Kane, Edward J.; Carow, Kenneth A.; Narayanan, Rajesh P. (2005)
Previous studies of event returns surrounding bank mergers show that banks gain value in megamergers and additional value when they absorb in-market competitors. A portion of these gains has been traced to the increased bargaining power of banks vis--vis regulators and other competitors. We demonstrate that increased bargaining power of megabanks adversely affects loan customers of the acquired institution. Wealth losses are greater when loan customers are credit-constrained, the loan customer is smaller, or the acquisition is an in-market deal. These findings reinforce complaints that the ...
Working Paper Series , Paper 2005-09