Bubbly Liquidity

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Emmanuel Farhi

Harvard University - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Jean Tirole

University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI); University of Toulouse 1 - Groupe de Recherche en Economie Mathématique et Quantitative (GREMAQ); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Date Written: January 2011

Abstract

This paper analyzes the possibility and the consequences of rational bubbles in a dy- namic economy where financially constrained firms demand and supply liquidity. Bub- bles are more likely to emerge, the scarcer the supply of outside liquidity and the more limited the pledgeability of corporate income; they crowd investment in (out) when liquidity is abundant (scarce). We analyze extensions with firm heterogeneity and sto- chastic bubbles.

Suggested Citation

Farhi, Emmanuel and Tirole, Jean, Bubbly Liquidity (January 2011). NBER Working Paper No. w16750, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1751448

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