On the instability of private intertemporal liquidity provision
The provision of intertemporal liquidity by banks is known to be subject to coordination failures. We establish that asset markets providing intertemporal liquidity are also inherently unstable. These findings challenge the notion of an optimal private provision of liquidity.
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          | Published in | Economics letters Vol. 209; p. 110117 | 
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| Abstract | The provision of intertemporal liquidity by banks is known to be subject to coordination failures. We establish that asset markets providing intertemporal liquidity are also inherently unstable. These findings challenge the notion of an optimal private provision of liquidity. | 
    
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