Market Liquidity: Asset Pricing, Risk, and Crises

by Haim Mendelson, Yakov Amihud, Lasse Heje Pedersen

Book Overview

This book presents the theory and evidence on the effect of market liquidity and liquidity risk on asset prices and on overall securities market performance. Illiquidity means incurring a high transaction cost, which includes a large price impact when trading and facing a long time to unload a large position. Liquidity risk is higher if a security becomes more illiquid when it needs to be traded in the future, which will raise trading cost. The book...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521139651
• ISBN13: 9780521139656
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"