Amir Sufi
Associate Professor of Finance
Chicago Booth
5807 South Woodlawn Avenue
Chicago, IL 60615
amir.sufi@chicagobooth.edu
773 702 6148
Refereed Publications
House Prices, Home Equity-Based Borrowing, and the U.S. Household Leverage Crisis (with Atif Mian), American Economic Review, forthcoming
Capital Structure and Debt Structure (with Joshua Rauh), Review of Financial Studies, forthcoming
Household Leverage and the Recession of 2007 to 2009 (with Atif Mian), IMF Economic Review, forthcoming (inaugural edition)
The Political Economy of the U.S. Mortgage Default Crisis (with Atif Mian and Francesco Trebbi), American Economic Review, forthcoming
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 (with Michael Roberts), Journal of Financial Economics, August 2009, 93(2), 159-184 [WP version]
Control Rights and Capital Structure: An Empirical Investigation, (with Michael Roberts), Journal of Finance, August 2009, 64(4), 1657-1695
Creditor Control Rights and Firm Investment Policy (with Greg Nini and David Smith), Journal of Financial Economics, June 2009, 92(3), 400-420 [WP version]
The Real Effects of Debt Certification: Evidence from the Introduction of Bank Loan Ratings, Review of Financial Studies, April 2009, 22(4), 1659-1691 [WP version]
Bank Lines of Credit in Corporate Finance: An Empirical Analysis, Review of Financial Studies, March 2009, 22(3), 1057-1088 [WP version]
Information Asymmetry and Financing Arrangements: Evidence from Syndicated Loans, Journal of Finance April 2007, 62(2), 629-668
Surveys and Conference Proceedings
The Great Recession: Lessons from Microeconomic Data (with Atif Mian), American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, May 2010 [If you want a short overview of our research on the macroeconomic implications of the mortgage/housing crisis, this is it.]
Financial Contracting: A Survey of Empirical Research and Future Directions (with Michael Roberts), inaugural edition of Annual Review of Financial Economics, 2009, published by Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, CA, pp. 207-226
The Political Economy of the U.S. Mortgage Default Crisis: A Synopsis, 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), Federal Reserve Bank of New York Economic Policy Review, October 2000, 39-55