This paper studies the effect of stock liquidity on blockholders' choice of governance mechanisms. We focus on hedge … measure governance intent rather than only studying instances of actual governance. We find that liquidity increases the … likelihood that a hedge fund acquires a block in a firm. Conditional upon acquiring a stake, liquidity reduces the likelihood …

Is greater trading liquidity good or bad for corporate governance? We address this question both theoretically and … information concerns her own plans for taking an active role in governance. We show that an increase in the liquidity of the firm …'s stock increases the likelihood of the large investor 'taking the Wall Street walk.' Thus, higher liquidity is harmful for …

This paper argues that if policymakers seek to enhance global liquidity, then the international community must provide …

when countries cooperate in the face of a "global liquidity trap" - i.e., a situation where the two countries are … simultaneously caught in liquidity traps. Compared to the closed economy case, a notable feature of the optimal policy in the face of … a global liquidity trap is its international dependence. Whether or not a country's nominal interest rate is hitting the …

The paper presents a model of a monetary economy where there are differences in liquidity across assets. Money … on assets, reflecting their differences in liquidity. The model is used, first, to investigate how aggregate activity and … asset prices fluctuate with shocks to productivity and liquidity; second, to examine what role government policy might have …

prices and standard measures of financial liquidity, such as bid-ask spreads, trade volume, and the incentives of dealers to … monetary policy as well as the microstructure of the market where it is traded. These liquidity considerations imply a positive … anomalous. The theory also exhibits rational expectations equilibria with recurring belief driven events that resemble liquidity …