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Amir Sufi

Assistant Professor of Finance

University of Chicago

Booth School of Business

5807 South Woodlawn Avenue

Chicago, IL 60637

amir.sufi < at > chicagogsb.edu

Curriculum Vitae

 

Broad Area of Research

 

Financial Intermediation, Corporate Finance, and Consumer Finance

 

Refereed Publications

 

Control Rights and Capital Structure: An Empirical Investigation

With Michael Roberts

Forthcoming, Journal of Finance

 

Renegotiation of Financial Contracts: Evidence from Private Credit Agreements

With Michael Roberts

Forthcoming, Journal of Financial Economics

 

Creditor Control Rights and Firm Investment Policy

With Greg Nini and David Smith

Forthcoming, Journal of Financial Economics

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                        All 3,720 contracts are in a zipped file here

 

The Real Effects of Debt Certification: Evidence from the Introduction of Bank Loan Ratings

Forthcoming, Review of Financial Studies

 

Bank Lines of Credit in Corporate Finance: An Empirical Analysis

Forthcoming, Review of Financial Studies

                        RFS Young Researcher Prize (Inaugural Prize)

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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

 

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

October 2008, With Atif Mian and Francesco Trebbi

 

The Consequences of Mortgage Credit Expansion: Evidence from the 2007 Mortgage Default Crisis

October 2008, With Atif Mian

Full Sample Internet Appendix

 

Capital Structure and Debt Structure

November 2008, With Josh Rauh

 

 

Conference Proceedings

 

Expansion of Bank Powers: Who Gains the Most?

FRB of Chicago Bank Structure Conference Proceedings, May 2001, 682-698

With Philip Strahan

 

The Changing Landscape of the Financial Services Industry: What Lies Ahead?

FRB of New York Economic Policy Review, 39-55, October 2000

With Cara Lown, C.S. Osler, and Philip Strahan

 

Dynamic Inefficiencies in Insurance Markets: Evidence from Long-term Care Insurance

American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, May 2005, 95: 224-228

With Amy Finkelstein and Kathleen McGarry

 

 

Unpublished Manuscripts

 

Does Joint Production of Lending and Underwriting Help or Hurt Firms?  A Fixed Effects Approach

August 2004

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