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 …

During the recent financial crisis, central banks have provided liquidity and governments have set up rescue programmes … bank suffering from liquidity shocks, we find that the unregulated bank keeps too much liquidity and monitors too little. A … central bank can alleviate the liquidity problem, but induces moral hazard. Therefore, we introduce an additional authority …

The paper analyses and compares the role that the tightening in liquidity conditions and the collapse in risk appetite … empirical exercise with a Global VAR approach, the findings highlight the diversity of the transmission process. While liquidity …

banks have provided liquidity and ministries of finance have set up rescue programmes to restore confidence and stability …. Using a model of a systemic bank suffering from liquidity shocks, we find that the unregulated bank keeps too much liquidity … and takes excessive risk compared to the social optimum. A Lender of Last Resort can alleviate the liquidity problem, but …

banks to have private information about the risk of their assets. We show how banks' asset risk affects funding liquidity in … state with adverse selection and elevated rates; and iii) market breakdown with liquidity hoarding. We provide an … of unsecured rates and excess reserves banks hold, as well as the inability of massive liquidity injections by central …

We examine how liquidity and asset prices are affected by the following market imperfections: asymmetric information …

liquidity may be related positively to the longer-term probability of default. Our empirical analysis confirms these predictions …