Under Basel III rules, banks become subject to a liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) from 2015 onwards, to promote short …-term resilience. We investigate the effects of such liquidity regulation on bank liquid assets and liabilities. Results indicate co …-integration of liquid assets and liabilities, to maintain a minimum short-term liquidity buffer. Still, microprudential regulation …

: undiversifiable interest rate risk and shocks to aggregate liquidity demand. Mutual funds are inefficient when the economy faces … undiversifiable interest rate risk. However, if only aggregate liquidity demand is stochastic, mutual funds can implement the social … optimum even when liquidity demand is not directly observed. …

I study a model of market-liquidity provision by levered intermediaries that, besides operating trading desks, run … deposit-taking franchises. Levered intermediaries’ heightened incentive to absorb risk helps to counteract liquidity …. However, liquidity provision may also overshoot, leading to unhealthy price bubbles and causing asset origination to become …

surprises, which suggests that private information does not hinder CDS liquidity. …