Both investors and borrowers are concerned about liquidity. Investors desire liquidity because they are uncertain about … when they will want to eliminate their holding of a financial asset. Borrowers are concerned about liquidity because they … compensation for the illiquidity investors will be subject to. We argue that banks can resolve these liquidity problems that arise …

panics or ex ante contractual links between banks, we argue bank failures can shrink the common pool of liquidity, creating … or exacerbating aggregate liquidity shortages. This could lead to a contagion of failures and a possible total meltdown …, liquidity problems and solvency problems interact and can cause each other, making it hard to determine the root cause of a …

Banks can fail either because they are insolvent or because an aggregate shortage of liquidity can render them … insolvent. We show that bank failures can themselves cause liquidity shortages. The failure of some banks can then lead to a … links between banks but because bank failure could lead to a contraction in the common pool of liquidity. There is a …

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 …

and its environment. We focus on the interaction between the prospective net worth or liquidity of an industry and the … firm's internal governance or pledgeability. Variations in prospective liquidity can induce changes in the nature …

downturn, as well as why industry productivity falls. The paper highlights an adverse consequence of high anticipated liquidity …, working through leverage, on the economy's access to finance and productivity when that liquidity fails to materialize. It … also suggests that higher anticipated liquidity can tighten credit constraints, instead of alleviating them …