Both investors and borrowers are concerned about liquidity. Investors desire liquidity because they are uncertain about … when they will want to eliminate their holding of a financial asset. Borrowers are concerned about liquidity because they … compensation for the illiquidity investors will be subject to. We argue that banks can resolve these liquidity problems that arise …

. Such a funding-liquidity crisis gives rise to "bases," that is, price gaps between securities with identical cash-flows but …

compares the Federal Reserve's actions with the literature on optimal policy in a liquidity trap. The theory suggests that, to … securities markets can restore liquidity with fewer government funds than extending credit to the originators of loans …

We provide a model that links an asset's market liquidity - i.e., the ease with which it is traded - and traders …' funding liquidity - i.e., the ease with which they can obtain funding. Traders provide market liquidity, and their ability to … are charged, depend on the assets' market liquidity. We show that, under certain conditions, margins are destabilizing and …

overshooting and a reduced liquidation value for the distressed trader. Hence, the market is illiquid when liquidity is most needed …

panics or ex ante contractual links between banks, we argue bank failures can shrink the common pool of liquidity, creating … or exacerbating aggregate liquidity shortages. This could lead to a contagion of failures and a possible total meltdown …, liquidity problems and solvency problems interact and can cause each other, making it hard to determine the root cause of a …

Banks can fail either because they are insolvent or because an aggregate shortage of liquidity can render them … insolvent. We show that bank failures can themselves cause liquidity shortages. The failure of some banks can then lead to a … links between banks but because bank failure could lead to a contraction in the common pool of liquidity. There is a …