Bolton, Patrick; Santos, Tano; Scheinkman, José - 2012
We propose an origination-and-contingent-distribution model of banking, in which liquidity demand by short …-term investors (banks) can be met with cash reserves (inside liquidity) or sales of assets (outside liquidity) to long-term investors … (hedge funds and pension funds). Outside liquidity is a more efficient source, but asymmetric information about asset quality …