financial institutions to market participants. In particular, we analyze liquidity and volatility premia on the French …; in the other, which we dub the unconventional regime, monetary policy operations lead to volatility and liquidity premia …

Market liquidity is typically characterized by a number of ad hoc metrics, such as depth, volume, bid-ask spreads etc … grounds. In this paper we propose a welfare-based denition of liquidity and characterize its relationship to the usual proxies … intermediaries pursue prot opportunities by providing intermediation services (i.e. "liquidity") in exchange for an endogenous fee …

identical, implying that the concentration of liquidity in one asset is socially desirable. At the same time, too many buyers …

immune against any liquidity problem. This paper analyzes on a long sample (2000-2009), the all set of quotes and … transactions in three main currency pairs (EURJPY, EURUSD, USDJPY) on the EBS platform. To characterize the FX market liquidity, we … propose the computation of a new liquidity indicator, BIL, that solely relies on price series availability. The main benefit …

It has been argued in the literature that emergency liquidity injections should be conducted preferably in the form of … open market operations. As we show in the present paper, this is not necessarily the case when liquidity may be …, targeted liquidity assistance may become strictly superior. The analysis might have a bearing on recent developments in the …

The recent rise of excess liquidity in the United States and in the euro zone did not result in a resurgence of … inflation. Excess liquidity, rather than heading towards the market of consumer goods, could have moved towards the asset … Kingdom and Japan, there's no element pointing out an effect of excess liquidity on asset prices: there is no common trend in …

Market liquidity is typically characterized by a number of ad hoc metrics, such as depth (or market impact), volume … the existing metrics on welfare grounds. In this paper we propose a welfare-based denition of liquidity and characterize … intermedia- tion services (i.e. \liquidity") in exchange for an endogenous fee. Our model is well suited to study the contagion …

sampling frequency of the data; iii) volatility, the limit order book, and liquidity, in terms of tightness, depth, and … empirical evidence about stock market volatility, liquidity, limit order books, and market frictions, and provides a natural …