...‐existence of a systematic means of identifying potential merger partner(s). This study thus, proposes to use the concept of the Transportation Algorithm to select potential merger partners for Malaysian banks, which would maximize the net worth of the merged entity. The methodology employed in this paper...

...Zakir Hossain; M. Ishaq Bhatti This paper briefly introduces the concept of model selection, reviews recent development in the area of econometric analysis of model selection and addresses some of the crucial issues that are being faced by researchers in their routine research problems. The paper...