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We study the transmission of liquidity shocks in a dynamic general equilibrium model where firms and households are … subject to liquidity risk. The provision of liquidity services is undertaken by financial intermediaries that allocate the … stock of liquid asset between the different sectors of the economy. We find that the macroeconomic effects of liquidity …
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. Instead, our results are in line with the hypothesis that a lower trading volume reduces liquidity, and thereby market quality …
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We study the role of high-frequency trading in a dynamic limit order market. Being fast is valuable because it enables traders to revise outstanding limit orders upon news arrivals when interacting with slow market participants. On the one hand, the existence of fast traders can help to reduce...
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finds that common shocks – key crisis events as well as changes to global liquidity and risk – have exerted a large effect …
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How should monetary policy respond to changes in financial conditions? In this paper we consider a simple model where firms are subject to idiosyncratic shocks which may force them to default on their debt. Firms' assets and liabilities are denominated in nominal terms and predetermined when...
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We discuss the notion of liquidity and liquidity risk within the financial system. We distinguish between three … different liquidity types, central bank liquidity, funding and market liquidity and their relevant risks. In order to understand … the workings of financial system liquidity, as well as the role of the central bank, we bring together relevant literature …
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finds that common shocks – key crisis events as well as changes to global liquidity and risk – have exerted a large effect …
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frequency trading, can induce demand for liquidity to be upward sloping and strategic complementarities in traders' liquidity … consumption decisions traders demand more liquidity when the market becomes less liquid, which in turn makes the market more … illiquid, fostering the initial demand hike. This can generate market instability, where an initial dearth of liquidity …
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through their liquidity demanding orders. In contrast, HFTs' liquidity supplying orders are adversely selected. The direction …
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Using comparable survey data from twelve European countries from 1994 to 2001 we investigate households' attitudes towards mortgage indebtedness. We find that a given debt burden creates much higher distress in countries with fewer mortgage holders relative to countries where a significant part...
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