【Macro/Finance webinar】Liquidity Creation, Investment, and Growth
2021/08/13
研討會日期 : 2021-08-13
時間 : 16:00
主講人 : Professor Thorsten Beck
地點 : online
演講者簡介 : Professor Beck received his Ph.D. in Economics from University of Virginia in 1999. He is currently a professor of banking and finance at The Business School (formerly Cass) in London. His research interests are Corporate Finance, Banking, Access to Financial Services, and Financial Safety Net.
演講摘要 : Liquidity creation (the transformation of liquid liabilities into illiquid assets) by banks is positively associated with economic growth at both country and industry levels. Liquidity creation boosts tangible, but not intangible investment and does not contribute to growth in countries with a high share of intangible-asset industries. These results are consistent with a model in which liquidity creation fosters investment only if it is sufficiently tangible, because intangible assets have low collateral value and are easy to divert. Together, these findings provide new insights into the function of banks, but also highlight their more limited role in supporting innovative industries.
