We study liquidity transfers between banks through the interbank borrowing and asset sale markets when, (i) surplus …) compared to outside markets, or is prepared to extend potentially loss-making loans. The public provision of liquidity to banks …, in fact its mere credibility, can thus improve the private allocation of liquidity among banks. This rationale for …

We study liquidity transfers between banks through the interbank borrowing and asset sale markets when(i)surplus banks … providing liquidity have market power, ii)there are frictions in the lending market due to moral hazard, and(iii)assets are bank … markets, or is prepared to extend potentially loss-making loans. The public provision of liquidity to banks, in fact its mere …

In August of 2007, banks faced a freeze in funding liquidity from the asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market. We … investigate how banks scrambled for liquidity in response to this freeze and its implications for corporate borrowing. Commercial …