Using a new, large data set on quarterly reserve requirements for the period 1970-2011, this paper provides new evidence on the use of reserve requirements as a countercyclical macroprudential tool in developing countries. The appeal of reserve requirements lies in the pro-cyclical behavior of...

This paper computes a new financial globalization index for a large sample of countries for 1992-2016. Unlike other measures, the financial globalization index corrects for the heteroscedasticity of global volatility. This leads to a downward adjustment of financial globalization trends for...

To cope with the self-fulfilling liquidity runs that triggered many recent financial crises, we propose the creation of a country insurance facility. The facility, which we envisage as complementary to the existing multilateral lending facilities, would provide eligible countries with automatic...

"The process by which securities are traded is very different from the idealized picture of a frictionless and self-equilibrating market offered by the typical finance textbook. This book offers a more accurate and authoritative take on this process. The book starts from the assumption that not...

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 0.1 What is This Book About? -- 0.2 Why Should We Care? -- 0.3 Some Puzzles -- 0.4 The Three Dimensions of Liquidity -- 0.4.1 Market Liquidity -- 0.4.2 Funding Liquidity -- 0.4.3 Monetary Liquidity -- PART ONE: Institutions -- 1 Trading Mechanics...