Download This PaperLiquidity Risk and Funding Cost
University of St.Gallen, School of Finance Research Paper No. 2019/03
Proceedings of Paris December 2019 Finance Meeting EUROFIDAI - ESSEC
70 Pages Posted: 20 May 2019 Last revised: 31 Aug 2020
Date Written: May 14, 2019
Abstract
We propose and test a new channel that links funding liquidity risk and interest rates in short-term funding markets. Borrowers with high liquidity risk are willing to pay a markup to lock in their funding, independent of risk premiums demanded by lenders. We test the channel using unique trade-by-trade data and reveal systematic and persistent differences in borrowers' funding liquidity risk that lead to systematic and persistent heterogeneity in funding costs. Our results have important implications for financial stability, the transmission of monetary policy, and banks' asset and liability management.
Keywords: funding liquidity risk, short-term interest rates, risk premiums, funding costs, interbank market
JEL Classification: G12, G18, G21, E43, E52, D40
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Alexander Bechtel (Contact Author)
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