# Market liquidity

`kaal:entity:market-liquidity`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 3 claims that carry the concept tag `market-liquidity`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

3 claims across 3 works, 2016 to 2024.

**2016**

- [2714974-027](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2714974-027) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Alternative risk measures such as value at risk have severe measurement problems, so any direct regulation of leverage would be set conservatively and would substantially limit hedge funds' ability to provide market liquidity.
  > Any attempt to directly regulate leverage would likely be conservative, due to measurement problems, and put major limits on hedge funds' ability to provide market liquidity.
  Kaal and Oesterle, The History of Hedge Fund Regulation in the United States (2016). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2714974

**2021**

- [3782216-020](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3782216-020) [mechanism/argued] -- Concentration of power, especially monopolies or trusts, decreases market liquidity, while decentralization of power improves it.
  > Concentration of power (especially monopolies or trusts) decreases liquidity; decentralization of power improves liquidity.
  Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782216

**2024**

- [4685567-007](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4685567-007) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Because Impact 1.0 lacks a liquid and efficient funding marketplace, donors protect their interest by overinvesting in process rather than in impact outcomes directly.
  > Because Impact 1.0 does not support a liquid and efficient marketplace for funding, funding results in Impact 1.0 are logistically difficult to attain. To protect their interest in impact results, donors often overinvest in the process not in impact outcomes directly.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Impact Investing Innovation - From Impact 1.0 to 3.0 (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4685567

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