Compiled database on cross-border bank mergers and acquisitions (M&As).

• From: Department for International Development
• Published: 1 January 2013

• Document Type: Dataset
• Theme: Economic Growth
• Authors: World Bank

Abstract

This data file accompanies \"Bilateral M&A Activity from the Global South\" by Mansoor Dailami, Sergio Kurlat, and Jamus Jerome Lim, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper (PRWP) 5953 (Also published in the North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Volume 23, Issue 3, December 2012, Pages 345–364, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.najef.2012.03.006)

The data are in comma-separated format.

There are 4 variables in this dataset (full details on the construction of these data are in the paper):

home: home (source) country of M&A deal (World Bank ISO3 country codes)
host: host (target) country of M&A deal (World Bank ISO3 country codes)
year: year
deals: number of deals

Citation

World Bank. Compiled database on cross-border bank mergers and acquisitions (M&As). World Bank, Washington DC, USA (2013)

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Compiled database on cross-border bank mergers and acquisitions (M&As).

Published 1 January 2013