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We investigate the channel through which fluctuations in the market liquidity of real-sector repo collateral cause … productive capital as repo collateral to fund the margin for their arbitrage positions. A tiny drop in the market liquidity of …), and can easily incur a simultaneous repo run and arbitrage crashes, where liquidity in several markets dry up altogether …
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We develop a tractable model to study the macroeconomic impacts of limited arbitrage by linking arbitrage activities with the macroeconomy through collateralization. We show that the interactions between speculative trading and the business cycle can work as a powerful transmission mechanism,...
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on financial markets and the wider economy. They can, for example, bias the private provision of real liquidity and …
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leads to a large drop in the asset price, decreased leverage and reduced market liquidity. We show that the model can …
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contraction in credit and to liquidity spirals. Subsequent measures by policymakers can be interpreted as attempts to avoid …
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What causes deep recessions and slow recovery? I revisit this question and develop a macro-finance model that quantitatively matches the salient empirical features of financial crises such as a large drop in the output, a high risk premium, reduced financial intermediation, and a long duration...
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We quantify the capital shortfall that results from a global financial crisis by using a macro-finance dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model that captures the interactions between the financial and real sectors of the economy. We show that a crisis similar to that observed in 2008...
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We propose a "debt view" to explain the dominant international role of the dollar and provide broad empirical support for it. Within a simple capital structure model in which firms optimally choose the currency composition of their debt, we derive conditions under which all firms issue debt in a...
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The aim of this study is to examine whether securitized real estate returns reflect direct real estate returns or general stock market returns using international data for the U.S., U.K., and Australia. In contrast to previous research, which has generally relied on overall real estate market...
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We report strong evidence that changes of momentum, i.e. "acceleration", defined as the first difference of successive returns, provide better performance and higher explanatory power than momentum. The corresponding Γ-factor explains the momentum-sorted portfolios entirely but not the reverse....
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