On Bank Consolidation in a Currency Union /

The paper focuses on the impact of diversification on bank performance and how consolidation through mergers and acquisitions (M and A) affects the banking sector's stability in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU). The paper finds that a lower level of loan portfolio diversification exp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Di Vittorio, Fabio
Other Authors: Li, Delong, Yun, Hanlei
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2018/092
Online Access:Full text available on IMF