Classical financial market theories built upon the assumption of a perfect market have been coping with frictions on both developed and emerging markets. There are numerous factors affecting the operation of financial markets and their participants’ behavior, but illiquidity is a continuous...

The paper investigates the relationship between the investment holding horizon and liquidity. I confirm and expand earlier findings on this issue: less liquid stocks are held by long term investors. Further, I find that stocks held for a short period carry more of liquidity risk. This means that...

Investment funds are highly connected with each other, but also with the broader financial system. In this paper, we quantify potential vulnerabilities arising from funds' connectedness. While previous work exclusively focused on indirect connections (overlapping asset portfolios) between...