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We study how the risks to future liquidity flow across corporate bond, Treasury, and stock markets. We document … distribution “flight-to-safety” effects: a deterioration in the liquidity of high-yield corporate bonds forecasts an increase in … the average liquidity of Treasury securities and a decrease in uncertainty about the liquidity of investment …
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in 2017, there was no commensurate shrinkage of these claims on liquidity. Consequently, the financial sector was left … more sensitive to potential liquidity shocks, with weaker-capitalized banks most exposed. This necessitated Fed liquidity … provision in September 2019 and again in March 2020. Liquidity-risk-exposed banks suffered the most drawdowns and the largest …
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' provision of liquidity insurance in the form of credit lines, their significance in managing corporate liquidity, and the …
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We develop a model of internal governance where the self-serving actions of top management are limited by the potential reaction of subordinates. Internal governance can mitigate agency problems and ensure that firms have substantial value, even with little or no external governance by...
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We find that banks subject to the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) create less liquidity per dollar of assets in the post …-off between lower liquidity creation and greater resilience from liquidity regulations …
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responsibilities. In April 2020, the Federal Reserve announced the establishment of the Municipal Liquidity Facility (MLF) to help …
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This paper surveys the theory on zombie lending incentives and the consequences of zombie lending for the real economy. It also offers a historical perspective by reviewing the growing empirical evidence on zombie lending along three dimensions: (i) the role of under-capitalized banks, (ii)...
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In August of 2007, banks faced a freeze in funding liquidity from the asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market. We … investigate how banks scrambled for liquidity in response to this freeze and its implications for corporate borrowing. Commercial …
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crisis is often attributed to corporate bond dealers' failure to provide liquidity. We investigate this common perception … using unique data on dealers' trading. We show that corporate bond dealers provided liquidity in response to major selling … activity by clients when the CDS-bond basis widened. Although providing liquidity, dealers did not trade aggressively enough to …
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We estimate the option value of municipal liquidity by studying bond market activity and public sector hiring decisions … eligibility population cutoffs introduced by the federal sector’s Municipal Liquidity Facility (MLF) to study the effects of an … emergency liquidity option on yields, primary debt issuance, and public sector employment. We find that while the announcement …
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