provided liquidity against a range of assets during 2008-09. Dealers with lower equity returns and greater leverage prior to … liquidity in explaining dealer behavior. The results suggest that both financial performance and balance sheet liquidity play a …

We study the interbank lending and asset sales markets in which banks with surplus liquidity have market power …

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 …