We analyse the impact of the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) on the demand for central bank reserves in the euro area … crisis and the associated introduction of new liquidity regulation. …

-quality firms. Public liquidity support preserves the overall production capacity. However, by dampening the cleansing effects, it … the expectations of liquidity support that motivate low-quality firms to overinvest pre-crisis. Finally, the size of … on savings discourage firms from self-insurance against crises through internal liquidity accumulation …

excess reserves, implying a structural liquidity surplus in the euro area banking sector. Against this background, the first … part of this paper analyses the Eurosystem's liquidity management during normal times, crisis times and times of too low in … banks operate under a structural liquidity surplus. The model shows that increasing excess reserves have no or even a …