We analyze the impact minimal capital and reserve requirements have on bank failures arising from solvency and liquidity shortages in a banking system where banks are characterized by the amount of capital, cash reserves and their exposure to the interbank loan market as borrowers as well as...

In this paper we introduce two measures, the Systemic Liquidity Buffer (SLB) and the Systemic Liquidity Shortfall (SLS) to assess liquidity in the banking system. The SLB takes an aggregated perspective on liquidity risks in the banking system. In contrast, the SLS focusses on the problematic...

I construct a systemic liquidity risk index (SLRI) from data on violations of arbitrage relationships across several asset classes between 2004 and 2010. Then I test whether the equity returns of 53 global banks were exposed to this liquidity risk factor. Results show that the level of bank...

A mechanism is proposed that aims to reduce the risk of a banking sector liquidity crisis�which is a quintessentially systemic event and thus the object of macroprudential policy�and moderate the effects of a crisis should one occur. The instrument would give banks more incentive to build up...