Download or read book The Bank Merger Wave written by Gary Dymski and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 1999 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The merger-mania of the 1990s has seen half of all US banks in operation at the end of the 1970 disappear. This study shows that it is not operating efficiences driving the mergers, and that consolidation may have effects contrary to consumer and non-financial businesss interests.