Liquidity of Slovak Commercial Banks and its Determinants
Result description
As liquidity problems of some banks during global financial crisis re-emphasized, liquidity is very important for functioning of financial markets and the banking sector. The aim of this paper is therefore to identify determinants of liquidity of Slovakcommercial banks. The data cover the period from 2001 to 2010. The results of panel data regression analysis showed that bank liquidity drops mainly as a result of the financial crisis. Bank liquid assets decreases also with higher bank profitability, higher capital adequacy and with the size of bank. Liquidity measured by lending activity of banks increases with the growth of gross domestic product and bank profitability and decreases with higher unemployment.
Keywords
commercial banksdeterminants of liquidityliquidity ratiospanel data regression analysisSlovakia
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Liquidity of Slovak Commercial Banks and its Determinants
Original language description
As liquidity problems of some banks during global financial crisis re-emphasized, liquidity is very important for functioning of financial markets and the banking sector. The aim of this paper is therefore to identify determinants of liquidity of Slovakcommercial banks. The data cover the period from 2001 to 2010. The results of panel data regression analysis showed that bank liquidity drops mainly as a result of the financial crisis. Bank liquid assets decreases also with higher bank profitability, higher capital adequacy and with the size of bank. Liquidity measured by lending activity of banks increases with the growth of gross domestic product and bank profitability and decreases with higher unemployment.
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
AH - Economics
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
GPP403/11/P243: Liquidity risk of commercial banks in the Visegrad countries
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2012
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Article name in the collection
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCE AND BANKING
ISBN
978-80-7248-753-0
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Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
487-494
Publisher name
Slezská univerzita v Opavě, Obchodně podnikatelská fakulta v Karviné
Place of publication
Karviná
Event location
Ostrava
Event date
Jan 1, 2011
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
UT code for WoS article
000309369700048
Basic information
Result type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP
AH - Economics
Year of implementation
2012