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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

Curriculum Vitae

 

Broad Area of Research

 

Financial Intermediation, Corporate Finance, and Household Finance

 

For publicly available data sets in used my research, go here

 

Refereed Publications

 

The Consequences of Mortgage Credit Expansion: Evidence from the U.S. Mortgage Default Crisis

With Atif Mian

Forthcoming, Quarterly Journal of Economics

Internet Appendix

 

Control Rights and Capital Structure: An Empirical Investigation

With Michael Roberts

Forthcoming, Journal of Finance

[Data available here]

 

Renegotiation of Financial Contracts: Evidence from Private Credit Agreements

With Michael Roberts

Forthcoming, Journal of Financial Economics

 

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, Midwest Finance Association

 

 

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

April 2009, With Atif Mian

 

The Political Economy of the U.S. Mortgage Default Crisis

January 2009, With Atif Mian and Francesco Trebbi

Internet Appendix

 

Capital Structure and Debt Structure

November 2008, With Josh Rauh

 

 

Surveys and Conference Proceedings

 

Financial Contracting: A Survey of Empirical Research and Future Directions

With Michael Roberts

Forthcoming in inaugural edition of Annual Review of Financial Economics, 2009

 

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

 

            The Economist, 02/07/2008

Wall Street Journal, 04/09/2008

            The Economist, 05/15/2008   

U.S. News and World Report, 05/01/2008

Chicago Tribune, 05/20/2008

Christian Science Monitor, 05/21/2008

Slate.com, 11/06/2008

Wall Street Journal, 11/07/2008

The New Republic, 5/12/2009

Wall Street Journal, 6/25/2009

 

 

 

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