Ahn, Jung-hyun; Bignon, Vincent; Breton, Régis; … - 2016
a liquidity shock, and an injection of cash is required for the asset to mature if it is hit by the shock. Banks have …We develop a model in which financial intermediaries hold liquidity to protect themselves from shocks. Depending on … parameter values, banks may choose to hold too much or too little liquidity on aggregate compared with the socially optimal …