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We build a model of a financial intermediary, in the tradition of Diamond and Dybvig (1983), and show that allowing the intermediary to impose redemption fees or gates in a crisis - a form of suspension of convertibility - can lead to preemptive runs. In our model, a fraction of investors...
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We present comprehensive evidence in support of giving liquidity equal standing to size, value/growth, and momentum as … investment styles, as defined by Sharpe (1992). First, we show that financial market liquidity, as identified by stock turnover …, is an economically significant indicator of long-term returns. Then, we show that liquidity, as a characteristic, is not …
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This paper studies the effect of stock liquidity on blockholder governance. Conditional upon acquiring a stake …, liquidity reduces the likelihood that a blockholder governs through voice (intervention) – as shown by the greater propensity to … announcement returns and improvements in operating performance, especially in liquid firms. Moreover, liquidity increases the …
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The Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy triggered the failure of the collateralized debt markets, which was a major contributor of the financial crisis in 2008. Such collateralized debt markets have both collateral price channel and counterparty (borrower and lender) channel of contagion. I propose a...
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In recent years, U.S. banks have increasingly relied on deposits from financial intermediaries, especially money market funds (MMFs), which collect funds from large institutional investors and lend them to banks. In this paper, we show that intermediation through MMFs allows investors to limit...
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In recent years, U.S. banks have increasingly relied on deposits from financial intermediaries, especially money market funds (MMFs), which collect funds from large institutional investors and lend them to banks. In this paper, we show that intermediation through MMFs allows investors to limit...
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engage in fractional reserve banking and they do not perform liquidity creation. Money market funds, like other capital …
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urgent when considering VaR is used daily to measure capital, risk limits and liquidity of trillions of dollars. VaR …
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investors lack the basic tools for evaluating more complex structures and liquidity costs; this, in turn, leaves room for …
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Changes in collateralization have been implicated in significant default (or near-default) events during the financial crisis, most notably with AIG. We have developed a framework for quantifying this effect based on moving between Merton-type and Black-Cox-type structural default models. Our...
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