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Amir Sufi Associate
Professor of Finance University
of Chicago Booth
School of Business 5807
South Woodlawn Avenue Chicago,
IL 60637 amir.sufi
< at > chicagobooth.edu |
Broad Area of
Research
Financial Intermediation,
Corporate Finance, and Household Finance
For
publicly available data sets used in my research, go here
Refereed
Publications
Capital Structure and
Debt Structure
With Josh Rauh
Forthcoming, Review of Financial Studies
[Data available here]
Household Leverage
and the Recession of 2007 to 2009
With Atif Mian
Conditionally accepted, IMF Economic Review [Inaugural edition]
The Political Economy
of the U.S. Mortgage Default Crisis
With Atif Mian and Francesco Trebbi
forthcoming, American Economic Review
The Consequences of
Mortgage Credit Expansion: Evidence from the U.S. Mortgage Default Crisis
With Atif Mian
Quarterly Journal of
Economics,
November 2009, 124(4), 1449-1496
Renegotiation of Financial Contracts:
Evidence from Private Credit Agreements (WP)
With Michael Roberts
Journal of Financial
Economics,
August 2009, 93(2), 159-184
Control Rights and
Capital Structure: An Empirical Investigation
With Michael Roberts
Journal of Finance, August 2009, 64(4),
1657-1695
[Data available here]
Creditor Control Rights and Firm Investment
Policy
(WP)
With Greg Nini and David Smith
Journal of Financial
Economics,
June 2009, 92(3): 400-420
[Data available here]
The Real Effects of Debt Certification: Evidence from the Introduction of Bank Loan Ratings (WP)
Review of Financial
Studies,
April 2009, 22(4), 1659-1691
Bank Lines of Credit
in Corporate Finance: An Empirical Analysis (WP)
Review of Financial
Studies,
March 2009, 22(3), 1057-1088
RFS Young Researcher
Prize (Inaugural Prize)
[Data available here]
Information
Asymmetry and Financing Arrangements: Evidence from Syndicated Loans
Journal of Finance, April 2007, 62(2),
629-668
Journal of
Finance Brattle Prize for
Distinguished Paper
Best Paper on Capital Formation, Western Finance
Association
Outstanding Paper in Corporate Finance, Eastern
Finance Association
Best Paper in Financial Intermediation,
Working
Papers
Creditor Control
Rights, Corporate Governance, and Firm Value
July
2009, With Greg Nini and David Smith
[Data available here]
House
Prices, Home Equity-Based Borrowing, and the U.S. Household Leverage Crisis
July
2009, With Atif Mian
Surveys,
Conference Proceedings, and Selected Discussions
The Great Recession: Lessons from Microeconomic Data
With Atif Mian
American Economic Review Papers
and Proceedings,
forthcoming, May 2010
Discussion
of Duchin, Ozbas, and Sensoy
Several people have requested these slides—they express my view that the
primary channel through which
the financial crisis has affected the real economy is not through
financing of large corporate borrowers.
Financial Contracting: A
Survey of Empirical Research and Future Directions
With Michael Roberts
Forthcoming in inaugural edition of Annual
Review of Financial Economics, 2009
“The Political Economy of the U.S. Mortgage Default Crisis: A Synopsis”
With Atif Mian and Francesco Trebbi
FRB of Chicago Bank Structure
Conference Proceedings, May 2009, 125-130
Summary of “The Consequences of Mortgage Credit Expansion”
With Atif Mian
FRB of Chicago Bank Structure
Conference Proceedings, May 2008, 129-132
The Effect of Creditor Control Rights on Firm Investment Policy: Evidence
from Private Credit Agreements
With Greg Nini and David Smith
FRB of Chicago Bank Structure
Conference Proceedings, May 2007, 117-122
Dynamic Inefficiencies in Insurance Markets: Evidence from Long-term Care
Insurance
With Amy Finkelstein and Kathleen McGarry
American Economic Review Papers
and Proceedings, May 2005,
95: 224-228
Expansion of Bank Powers: Who Gains the Most?
With Philip Strahan
FRB of Chicago Bank Structure
Conference Proceedings, May 2001, 682-698
The Changing Landscape of the Financial Services Industry: What Lies
Ahead?
With Cara Lown, C.S. Osler, and Philip Strahan
FRB of New York Economic Policy Review, 39-55, October 2000
Research
in the Press
Wall
Street Journal, 04/09/2008
U.S.
News and World Report, 05/01/2008
Chicago
Tribune, 05/20/2008
Christian
Science Monitor, 05/21/2008
Wall
Street Journal, 11/07/2008
Wall
Street Journal, 6/25/2009
Wall Street
Journal, 10/27/2009