' provision of liquidity insurance in the form of credit lines, their significance in managing corporate liquidity, and the …

effects can arise, so that less liquidity and a higher cost for finance can reinforce each other in a contagious spiral. I … document the remarkable rise in the premium that investors placed on liquidity during the crisis. Next, I show how these issues …

I describe two amplifications mechanisms that operate during liquidity crises and discuss the scope for central bank … disengage from markets and increase their demand for liquidity. This behavior leads to a loss of liquidity and a crisis …

emerging economy, and those affecting borrowing from foreign lenders. This 'dual liquidity' model offers a parsimonious …

Can banks maintain their advantage as liquidity providers when they are heavily exposed to a financial crisis? The … liquidity insurer is not one of the passive recipient, but of an active seeker, of deposits. We find that banks facing a funding … liquidity demand shocks (as measured by their unused commitments, wholesale funding dependence, and limited liquid assets), as …

-and-repurchase (repo) contracts. Exemption from an automatic stay in bankruptcy enables financial intermediaries to raise greater liquidity … and induces entry of intermediaries with higher leverage during normal times. This liquidity creation occurs, however, at …

We investigate the transmission of central bank liquidity to bank deposits and loan spreads in Europe over the period … bank liquidity does not translate into lower loan spreads for high-risk banks for maturities beyond one year, even as it …