Market Liquidity and Funding Liquidity / Markus K. Brunnermeier, Lasse Heje Pedersen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brunnermeier, Markus K.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Pedersen, Lasse Heje.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w12939.

NBER working paper series no. w12939

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2007.

Summary:

We provide a model that links an asset's market liquidity - i.e., the ease with which it is traded - and traders' funding liquidity - i.e., the ease with which they can obtain funding. Traders provide market liquidity, and their ability to do so depends on their availability of funding. Conversely, traders' funding, i.e., their capital and the margins they are charged, depend on the assets' market liquidity. We show that, under certain conditions, margins are destabilizing and market liquidity and funding liquidity are mutually reinforcing, leading to liquidity spirals. The model explains the empirically documented features that market liquidity (i) can suddenly dry up, (ii) has commonality across securities, (iii) is related to volatility, (iv) is subject to "flight to quality", and (v) comoves with the market, and it provides new testable predictions.

Notes:

Print version record

February 2007.