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 …

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 …

-implied volatility, dealer funding costs and competition between dealers. Several of these variables are significant, but their … surprises, which suggests that private information does not hinder CDS liquidity. …

Speeding up the exchange does not necessarily improve liquidity. The price quotes of high-frequency market makers are … more likely to meet speculative high-frequency "bandits", thus less likely to meet liquidity traders. The bid-ask spread is …

Liquidity suppliers lean against the wind. We analyze whether high-frequency traders (HFTs) lean against large …