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Financial Crises and Liquidity Traffic Jams

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During noncrisis times, buyers and sellers usually show up in most markets to trade, and they can all go on to do what they usually do: invest, hedge, and speculate. During such noncrisis times, regulators monitor financial markets using established policy frameworks.

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van der Merwe, A. (2015). Financial Crises and Liquidity Traffic Jams. In: Market Liquidity Risk. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137389237_2

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