During the turmoil in financial markets in late 1998, financial institutions attempting to liquidate positions to meet capital requirements may have faced unexpectedly high bid-ask spreads. In this paper, we investigate the effect on key risk measures (such as the likelihood of insolvency, value...

According to conventional wisdom, long-term bonds are appropriate for long-term investors who value stability of income. We develop a model of optimal consumption and portfolio choice for infinitely-lived investors facing stochastic interest rates, solve it using an approximate analytical...