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The scarcity value of Treasury collateral: Repo market effects of security-specific supply and demand factors
Fan, Roger; D'Amico, Stefania; Kitsul, Yuriy
(2014-05-05)
In the special collateral repo market, forward agreements are security-specific, which may magnify demand and supply effects. We quantify the scarcity value of Treasury collateral by estimating the impact of security-specific demand and supply factors on the repo rates of all outstanding U.S. Treasury securities. We find an economically and statistically significant scarcity premium. This scarcity effect is quite persistent, passes through to Treasury market prices, and explains a significant portion of the flow-effects of LSAP programs, providing additional evidence for the scarcity channel ...
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, Paper 2014-60
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