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MEASURING COMPETITIVENESS OF BANKS IN LATVIA

Copernican Journal of Finance & Accounting

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Title MEASURING COMPETITIVENESS OF BANKS IN LATVIA
 
Creator Krasovskis, Deniss; RISEBA University, Meza Street 3, Riga, LV-1048
Limanskis, Andrejs; RISEBA University, Meza Street 3, Riga, LV-1048
Pancenko, Erika; RISEBA University, Meza Street 3, Riga, LV-1048
 
Subject banking sector; Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; market concentration; Lorenz curve; competitiveness; Latvia
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Description Analysis of competition in the banking industry allows to determine the obstacles to its effective functioning. The aim of this research is to analyse the competitiveness level in the modern banking sector of Latvia.Identification and analysis of the main characteristics of the competitive environment of the banking sector in Latvia is done on the basis of indicators characterizing the concentration of the industry, the intensity of competition as well as financial indicators reflecting the financial condition of banks and affecting their competitiveness.As a result, for the first time the level of competitiveness of the banking sector in Latvia was evaluated and supported by comparative analysis of all the banks on the basis of their financial performance. It gives ground for recommendations to the stakeholders on measures to raise competitiveness. Results and directions for further research can attract attention of the research community in Latvia, European Union and globally.
 
Publisher Uniwersytet MikoĊ‚aja Kopernika w Toruniu
 
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Date 2017-03-09
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Identifier http://apcz.pl/czasopisma/index.php/CJFA/article/view/CJFA.2016.019
10.12775/CJFA.2016.019
 
Source Copernican Journal of Finance & Accounting; Vol 5, No 2 (2016); 125-147
Copernican Journal of Finance & Accounting; Vol 5, No 2 (2016); 125-147
2300-3065
2300-1240
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://apcz.pl/czasopisma/index.php/CJFA/article/view/CJFA.2016.019/11422
 
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