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Reforming Money Market Funds


Martin N. Baily


Brookings Institution

John Y. Campbell


Harvard University - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

John H. Cochrane


University of Chicago - Booth School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Douglas W. Diamond


University of Chicago - Booth School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Darrell Duffie


Stanford University - Graduate School of Business

Kenneth R. French


Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Anil K. Kashyap


University of Chicago - Booth School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Frederic S. Mishkin


Columbia Business School - Finance and Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

David S. Scharfstein


Harvard Business School - Finance Unit; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Robert J. Shiller


Yale University - Cowles Foundation; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Yale University - International Center for Finance

Matthew J. Slaughter


Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Hyun Song Shin


Princeton University - Department of Economics

Jeremy C. Stein


Harvard University - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Rene M. Stulz


Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
January 14, 2011

Tuck School of Business Working Paper No. 2011-86
Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 109
Columbia Business School Research Paper No. 12-13

Abstract:     
The current stable-NAV model for prime money market funds exposes fund investors and systemically important borrowers to runs like those that occurred after the failure of Lehman in September 2008. This working paper, by the Squam Lake Group, argues that, to reduce this risk, funds should have either floating NAVs or buffers provided by their sponsors that can absorb losses up to a level to be set by regulators. We suggest alternative designs for such a buffer, as well as considerations that should be taken into account when determining its required size.

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Date posted: January 19, 2011 ; Last revised: February 20, 2012

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Baily, Martin N., Campbell, John Y., Cochrane, John H., Diamond, Douglas W., Duffie, Darrell , French, Kenneth R., Kashyap, Anil K., Mishkin, Frederic S., Scharfstein, David S., Shiller, Robert J., Slaughter, Matthew J., Shin, Hyun Song , Stein, Jeremy C. and Stulz, Rene M., Reforming Money Market Funds (January 14, 2011). Tuck School of Business Working Paper No. 2011-86; Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 109; Columbia Business School Research Paper No. 12-13. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1740663 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1740663

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