We formalize the idea that the financial sector can be a source of non-fundamental risk. Households' desire to hedge … against price volatility can generate price volatility in equilibrium, even absent fundamental risk. Fearing that asset prices … may fall, risk-averse households demand safe assets from leveraged intermediaries, whose issuance of safe assets exposes …

We merge the literature on downside return risk and liquidity risk and introduce the concept of extreme downside … same time when the market liquidity (return) is lowest. This effect is not driven by linear or downside liquidity risk or … extreme downside return risk and is mainly driven by more recent years. There is no premium for stocks whose liquidity is …

funds’ vulnerability to systemic asset liquidations, highlighting the importance of funds’ liquidity transformation …. Therefore, regulators should monitor structural vulnerabilities in the fund sector arising through liquidity transformation. …

We model a safe asset market with investors valuing safety, investors valuing liquidity, and constrained dealers. While … safety investors and liquidity investors can interact symbiotically with offsetting trades in times of stress, we show that … liquidity investors' strategic interaction harbors the potential for selffulfilling fragility. Surprisingly, standard flight to …