Divestiture: a prescription for healthy competition

Robert L. Webb

The Regional Economist, 2001, issue Jan, 10-11

Abstract: Our anti-trust laws dictate that bank mergers be rejected if they will substantially lessen competition in their markets. Yet bigger bank mergers are approved every year. What's going on? One word: divestiture.

Keywords: Antitrust law; Bank mergers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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