provided liquidity against a range of assets during 2008-09. Dealers with lower equity returns and greater leverage prior to … liquidity in explaining dealer behavior. The results suggest that both financial performance and balance sheet liquidity play a …

We develop a model in which financial intermediaries hold liquidity to protect themselves from shocks. Depending on … parameter values, banks may choose to hold too much or too little liquidity on aggregate compared with the socially optimal … underinsurance against liquidity choice. The model therefore provides a unified framework for thinking, on the one hand, about policy …

We study liquidity transfers between banks through the interbank borrowing and asset sale markets when, (i) surplus …) compared to outside markets, or is prepared to extend potentially loss-making loans. The public provision of liquidity to banks …, in fact its mere credibility, can thus improve the private allocation of liquidity among banks. This rationale for …

When liquidity chasing banks is high, loan officers (or risk-takers) inside banks expect future losses to be readily … Banks should "lean against bank liquidity." In particular, Central Banks should adopt a contractionary monetary policy in … times of excessive bank liquidity …

financial crisis, in which liquidity shocks become more erratic and the total costs of defaults increase, central banks may want …