Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part I: The Monetary System and the Business of Banking -- Overview of the Monetary System -- Introduction to the Business of Banking -- Introduction to the Business of Banking -- Introduction to the Business of Banking -- Part II: Asset-Liability Management --...

We develop a model in which margin procyclicality, asset market depth and banks' propensity for liquidity hoarding interact to generate a systemic liquidity crisis. In this model, banks trade derivatives to hedge market risk or to speculate on interest rate movements. To mitigate counterparty...