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turn, affect the liquidity of markets, the cost of monitoring, and the cost of debt. Based on these considerations …
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We discuss the notion of liquidity and liquidity risk within the financial system. We distinguish between three … the root of liquidity risk lies in information asymmetries and the existence of incomplete markets. The role of central … different liquidity types, central bank liquidity, funding and market liquidity and their relevant risks. In order to understand …
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The recent corporate failures in the US and in Europe have considerably damaged investors’ confidence in the functioning of financial markets and the ability of the regulatory framework to safeguard their interest and prevent fraud. These episodes demonstrate that market failures exist, which...
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consumers face uncertain liquidity needs. The ambiguity the consumers experience is modeled by the degree of confidence in their … additive beliefs. We analyze the optimal liquidity allocation and two institutional settings for implementing this allocation … with high liquidity needs. With increasing ambiguity this preference will be reversed: the asset market is preferred, since …
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risk. Overall, there is robust evidence that the term PRA announcements reduced bank funding costs at both 1-month and 3 …
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The Basel capital framework plays an important role in risk management by linking a bank's minimum capital requirements … to the riskiness of its assets. Nevertheless, the risk estimates underlying these calculations may be imperfect, and it … appears that a cyclical bias in measures of risk-adjusted capital contributed to procyclical increases in global leverage …
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towards home assets to hedge their labor income risk. Calibrating the model to match existing estimates of private benefits of …
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We consider a mean-variance general equilibrium economy where the expected returns for controlling and non-controlling shareholders are different because the former are able to divert a fraction of the profits. We find that when investor protection is poor, asset return correlation affects...
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