This paper examines how risk in trading activity can affect the volatility of asset prices. We look for this … that level. -- convergence trading ; interest rate swaps ; swap spread ; repurchase contracts ; trading risk ; volatility … normal levels. We investigate how the risks in convergence trading can affect price volatility in a form of positive feedback …

Does the presence of arbitrageurs decrease equilibrium asset price volatility? I study an economy with arbitrageurs … effect). In equilibrium, the presence of arbitrageurs increases volatility when the inference effect dominates the arbitrage …

in one market affects the spreads in both markets, and that return volatility is an important driver of liquidity …-ask spreads and depth), returns, volatility, and order flow in the stock and bond markets. We find that a shock to quoted spreads …. Innovations to stock and bond market liquidity and volatility prove to be significantly correlated, suggesting that common factors …