This paper addresses a basic yet unresolved question: Do claims on private assets provide sufficient liquidity for an efficient functioning of the productive sector? Or does the State have a role in creating liquidity and regulating it either through adjustments in the stock of government...

Leverage -- A simple model of liquidity demand -- Aggregate liquidity shortages and liquidity premia -- A liquidity asset pricing model (LAPM) -- Public provision of liquidity in a closed economy -- Is there still scope for public liquidity provision when firms have access to global capital...