This paper develops a continuous-time model of liquidity provision by banks, in which customers can deposit and withdraw their funds strategically ...

I explain the key failure mechanics of large dealer banks, and some policy implications. This is not a review of the financial crisis of 2007–2009. Systemic risk is considered only in passing. Both the financial crisis and the systemic...

EU financial integration is at an advanced, yet incomplete stage. This paper furtherlinks and contributes new insights to a) the financial integration, and b) the strategyliterature strands. The research develops propositions on how the differing degrees of integration in EU ¯nancial markets...

This paper studies the flow-performance relationship of three di®erent investorgroups in mutual funds: Households, financial corporations, and insurance compa-nies and pension funds, establishing the following findings: Financial corporationshave a strong tendency to chase past performance and...

Securitization was meant to disperse credit risk to those who were better able to bear it. In practice, securitization appears to have concentrated the risks in the financial intermediary sector itself. This paper outlines an accounting framework for the financial system for assessing the impact...

This paper investigates the returns and °ows of German money marketfunds before and during the liquidity crisis of 2007/2008. The main¯ndings of this paper are: in liquid times, money market funds en-hanced their returns by investing in less liquid papers. By doing sothey outperformed other...

This paper investigates the returns and flows of German money marketfunds before and during the liquidity crisis of 2007/2008. The mainfindings of this paper are: In liquid times money market funds enhancedtheir returns by investing in less liquid papers. By doing so they outperformedother funds...