I revisit the Diamond-Dybvig model of liquidity insurance in the presence of hidden trades. The key result is that in … this environment deposit-taking banks are not necessary for the efficient provision of liquidity. Mutual funds are … constrained efficient when supplemented with the same government liquidity regulation that is required to make a banking system …

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 …

This paper discusses liquidity regulation when short-term funding enables credit growth but generates negative systemic … containing risk and preserving credit quality, while quantity-based fundingratios are distorsionary. Liquidity buffers are either … overconfidence), excess credit and liquidity risk are best controlled with net fundingratios. Taxes on short-term funding emerge …

lending rate, liquidity requirements, and constructive ambiguity. …