Illiquidity Contagion and Liquidity Crashes

A-Tier
Journal: The Review of Financial Studies
Year: 2014
Volume: 27
Issue: 6
Pages: 1615-1660

Authors (2)

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Liquidity providers often learn information about an asset from prices of other assets. We show that this generates a self-reinforcing positive relationship between price informativeness and liquidity. This relationship causes liquidity spillovers and is a source of fragility: a small drop in the liquidity of one asset can, through a feedback loop, result in a very large drop in market liquidity and price informativeness (a liquidity crash). This feedback loop provides a new explanation for comovements in liquidity and liquidity dry-ups. It also generates multiple equilibria.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:oup:rfinst:v:27:y:2014:i:6:p:1615-1660.
Journal Field
Finance
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25