This paper quantifies liquidity and credit premia in German and French government bond yields. For this purpose, we …-`a-vis government bonds can be attributed to differences in liquidity premia. Adding the information on risk-free rates, we obtain model …

We assess the quantitative implications of collateral re-use on leverage, volatility, and welfare within an infinite … used to back more transactions. Re-use thus contributes to the buildup of leverage and significantly increases volatility … in financial markets. When introducing limits on re-use, we find that volatility is strictly decreasing as these limits …

We assess the quantitative implications of collateral re-use on leverage, volatility, and welfare within an infinite … used to back more transactions. Re-use thus contributes to the buildup of leverage and significantly increases volatility … in financial markets. When introducing limits on re-use, we find that volatility is strictly decreasing as these limits …

In this paper we examine the quantitative effects of margin regulation on volatility in asset markets. We consider a … of collateral constraints leads to strong excess volatility. Thus, a regulation of margin requirements may have … in the regulation of one class of assets may have only small effects on these assets' return volatility if investors have …