In this paper we survey the theoretical and empirical literatures on market liquidity. We organize both literatures …

indirectly indicate that liquidators require market liquidity to carry out large liquidations and affect market conditions while …

Do competition and incentives offered to designated market makers (DMMs) improve market liquidity? Using data from NYSE … in rebates and requirements for DMMs, do not have any tangible effect on market liquidity. Our results are of relevance …

We study the role of various trader types in providing liquidity in spot and futures markets based on data from the … overnight are the primary liquidity providers in both spot and futures markets. We have two crashes in our sample, both … in both markets. Market stability may require the presence of well-capitalized standby liquidity providers for recovery …

This paper examines the extent to which individual investors provide liquidity to the stock market, and whether they … predict short-term future returns is significantly enhanced during times of market stress, when market liquidity provisions … uncertainty. Despite this high aggregate performance, individual investors do not reap the rewards from liquidity provision …

liquidity provision by hedge funds to noise traders to rationalize our findings, and empirically verify auxiliary predictions of …