Stability of the Banking Sector and Competitiveness: a Latvian Perspective

• Authors: Romānova, Inna , Solovjova, Irina

Abstracts

EN

Competitiveness of any country is closely related to the stability of the banking sector. Therefore, the objective of the paper is to analyse the main factors that influence the stability of the Latvian banking system and consequently the competitiveness of the country. Analysis is made based on the multiple choice model. The analysis shows that one of the most important factors, negatively influencing stability of the banking system, is loan quality, that is closely related to the ease of access to loans. The paper identifies the main imbalances in banking operations that have lead to these problems and offers proposals to their solution.

Keywords

EN

banking and finance; competitiveness; profitability; access to loans; loan portfolio quality; stability of the banking system

• Publisher: Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie. Kolegium Zarządzania i Finansów
• Journal: Journal of Management and Financial Sciences
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 19(1)
• Pages: 87-100

Dates

published

2017-08-28

Contributors

author

Romānova, Inna

author

Solovjova, Irina