Speeding up the exchange does not necessarily improve liquidity. The price quotes of high-frequency market makers are … more likely to meet speculative high-frequency "bandits", thus less likely to meet liquidity traders. The bid-ask spread is …

liquid instrument suffers from liquidity shocks that induce periods of increased volatility and significant return … their historical limits, counterparties for trades become scarce and prices must adjust to induce trade. These liquidity …

This paper proposes a positive theory of the links between banks' capitalisation and their liquidity risk taking, the … extent of fire-sale problems, and the severity of liquidity crises. In a basic framework with a single bank, we find that … banks' incentives to hold liquidity for precautionary reasons are increasing with their capital. In a continuum …