Page 1 of 6 (ThisletterwassenttoCongressonWedSept242008regardingtheTreasuryplanasoutlinedonthatdate.It doesnotreflectallsignatoriesviewsonsubesquentplansormodificationsofthebill) TotheSpeakeroftheHouseofRepresentativesandthePresidentprotemporeoftheSenate: Aseconomists,wewanttoexpresstoCongressourgreatconcernfortheplanproposedbyTreasurySecretary Paulsontodealwiththefinancialcrisis.Wearewellawareofthedifficultyofthecurrentfinancialsituationandwe agreewiththeneedforboldactiontoensurethatthefinancialsystemcontinuestofunction.weseethreefatal pitfallsinthecurrentlyproposedplan: 1)Itsfairness.Theplanisasubsidytoinvestorsattaxpayers expense.investorswhotookriskstoearnprofits mustalsobearthelosses.noteverybusinessfailurecarriessystemicrisk.thegovernmentcanensureawellfunctioningfinancialindustry,abletomakenewloanstocreditworthyborrowers,withoutbailingoutparticular investorsandinstitutionswhosechoicesprovedunwise. 2)Itsambiguity.Neitherthemissionofthenewagencynoritsoversightareclear.Iftaxpayersaretobuyilliquid andopaqueassetsfromtroubledsellers,theterms,occasions,andmethodsofsuchpurchasesmustbecrystal clearaheadoftimeandcarefullymonitoredafterwards. 3)Itslong termeffects.iftheplanisenacted,itseffectswillbewithusforageneration.foralltheirrecent troubles,america'sdynamicandinnovativeprivatecapitalmarketshavebroughtthenationunparalleled prosperity.fundamentallyweakeningthosemarketsinordertocalmshort rundisruptionsisdesperatelyshortsighted. ForthesereasonsweaskCongressnottorush,toholdappropriatehearings,andtocarefullyconsidertheright courseofaction,andtowiselydeterminethefutureofthefinancialindustryandtheu.s.economyforyearsto come. Signed(updatedat9/27/20086:00PMCT) AcemogluDaron(MassachussetsInstituteofTechnology) AckerbergDaniel(UCLA) AdlerMichael(ColumbiaUniversity) AdmatiAnatR.(StanfordUniversity) AlesLaurence(CarnegieMellonUniversity) AlexisMarcus(NorthwesternUniversity) AlvarezFernando(UniversityofChicago) AndersenTorben(NorthwesternUniversity) BaligaSandeep(NorthwesternUniversity) BanerjeeAbhijitV.(MassachussetsInstituteofTechnology) BarankayIwan(UniversityofPennsylvania) BarryBrian(UniversityofChicago) BartkusJamesR.(XavierUniversityofLouisiana) BeckerCharlesM.(DukeUniversity) BeckerRobertA.(IndianaUniversity) BeimDavid(ColumbiaUniversity) BerkJonathan(StanfordUniversity) BisinAlberto(NewYorkUniversity)

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