This paper examines the dynamic relationship between credit risk and liquidity in the sovereign bond market in the … context of the European Central Bank (ECB) interventions. Using a comprehensive set of liquidity measures obtained from a … risk, as measured by the Italian sovereign credit default swap (CDS) spread, generally drive the liquidity of the market: a …

It has been argued in the literature that emergency liquidity injections should be conducted preferably in the form of … open market operations. As we show in the present paper, this is not necessarily the case when liquidity may be …, targeted liquidity assistance may become strictly superior. The analysis might have a bearing on recent developments in the …

anomalous. The theory also exhibits rational expectations equilibria with recurring belief driven events that resemble liquidity … prices and standard measures of financial liquidity, such as bid-ask spreads, trade volume, and the incentives of dealers to …. The theory predicts that asset prices carry a speculative premium that reflects the asset's marketability and depends on …

risk-bearing capacity. Interestingly, we find significant changes in the composition of liquidity providers: hedge funds … buy a large share of the new issue outside pre-MPC windows, but refrain from liquidity provision in pre-MPC windows, and …