Monetary Exchange in Over-the-Counter Markets: A Theory of Speculative Bubbles, the Fed Model, and Self-fulfilling Liquidity Crises / Ricardo Lagos, Shengxing Zhang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lagos, Ricardo.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Zhang, Shengxing.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w21528.

NBER working paper series no. w21528

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

Monetary Exchange in Over-the-Counter Markets

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2015.

Summary:

We develop a model of monetary exchange in over-the-counter markets to study the effects of monetary policy on asset prices and standard measures of financial liquidity, such as bid-ask spreads, trade volume, and the incentives of dealers to supply immediacy, both by participating in the market-making activity and by holding asset inventories on their own account. The theory predicts that asset prices carry a speculative premium that reflects the asset's marketability and depends on monetary policy as well as the microstructure of the market where it is traded. These liquidity considerations imply a positive correlation between the real yield on stocks and the nominal yield on Treasury bonds---an empirical observation long regarded anomalous. The theory also exhibits rational expectations equilibria with recurring belief driven events that resemble liquidity crises, i.e., times of sharp persistent declines in asset prices, trade volume, and dealer participation in market-making activity, accompanied by large increases in spreads and abnormally long trading delays.

Notes:

Print version record

September 2015.