During periods of financial turmoil, increases in risk lead to higher default, foreclosure, and fire sales. This paper introduces a costly liquidation process for foreclosed collateral and endogenous recovery rates in a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model of the financial accelerator....

The financial crisis, in particular the collapse of Lehman Brothers, has revealed that money market funds are more risky than had previously been believed. We discuss the importance of money market funds for financial stability and whether situations similar to those in the US and Icelandic...

This paper analyses the extent to which the Swedish money market risk premium has been affected by the current financial turmoil. We also examine the impact of shocks transmitted from the US and European markets in more detail. Our results indicate that the Swedish market has been significantly...

A discussion of the impact of hedge funds on the crisis is a recurring feature of every financial crisis. Even though the course of events in previous crises may have been very different, the criticism of hedge funds tends to be the same. This article discusses the impact of hedge funds on...