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Liquidity as Social Expertise
Author(s) -
KURLAT PABLO
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the journal of finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 18.151
H-Index - 299
eISSN - 1540-6261
pISSN - 0022-1082
DOI - 10.1111/jofi.12606
Subject(s) - market liquidity , information asymmetry , valuation (finance) , economics , public information , financial economics , track (disk drive) , liquidity crisis , monetary economics , microeconomics , finance , computer science , internet privacy , operating system
This paper proposes a theory of liquidity dynamics. Illiquidity results from asymmetric information. Observing the historical track record teaches agents how to interpret public information and helps overcome information asymmetry. However, an illiquidity trap can arise: too much asymmetric information leads to the breakdown of trade, which interrupts learning and perpetuates illiquidity. Liquidity falls in response to unexpected events that lead agents to question their valuation models (especially in newer markets) may be slow to recover after a crisis, and is higher in periods of stability.