Freixas, Xavier; Martin, Antoine; Skeie, David - 2009
uncertainty regarding their liquidity needs. This paper examines the efficiency of the interbank lending market in allocating … funds and the optimal policy of a central bank in response to liquidity shocks. We show that, when confronted with a … distributional liquidity-shock crisis that causes a large disparity in the liquidity held by different banks, a central bank should …