Market liquidity is typically characterized by a number of ad hoc metrics, such as depth (or market impact), volume, intermediation costs (such as breadth) etc. No general coherent definition seems to exist, and few attempts have been made to justify the existing metrics on welfare grounds. In...

We analyze an equilibrium model with restricted investor participation in which strategic arbitrageurs play an innovation game and exploit the resulting mispricings by reaping trading profits. Since the equilibrium asset structure is not chosen by a social planner, it is chosen to maximize...

This paper studies the general equilibrium implications of arbitrage trades in segmented financial markets. Arbitrageurs choose a category of trades to specialize in. This results in an equilibrium network in which the various market segments are linked by arbitrageurs. Arbitrageurs exert...