Wei, Bin; Yue, Vivian Z. - 2015
Liquidity backstops have important implications for financial stability. In this paper, we provide a microfoundation … for the important role of liquidity backstops in mitigating runs (or, conversely, the role of the lack of liquidity … financial crisis of 2007-09 provide a natural experiment to identify the value of a liquidity backstop in mitigating runs …