Comparative analysis of financial systems in Slovenia and Ukraine

This paper analyses and compares indicators of mobilize and pool savings, information provision, risk sharing, and corporate governance for performance of financial system its functions in Slovenia and Ukraine. The results confirmed bank-based financial system in both countries, which is more advance in economically more developed Slovenia than in Ukraine. Slovenia has experienced deterioration in performance the post-economic and financial crisis period. Financial intermediaries play crucial roles for savings, while bank loans play crucial role for financing of enterprises. Loans play crucial role for financing of very large farms in Ukraine, while prevailing family farms in Slovenia importantly relies also on off-farm incomes and subsidies for agriculture and rural development.