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Amir Sufi

Departmental website:
https://www.chicagobooth.edu/faculty/directory/s/amir-sufi

Amir Sufi's research focuses on finance and macroeconomics. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and co-director of the NBER Program on corporate finance. His research on household debt and the economy forms the basis of his book co-authored with Atif Mian: House of Debt: How They (and You) Caused the Great Recession and How We Can Prevent It from Happening Again (2014). He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

In addition, he also serves as an associate editor for the American Economic Review, the Journal of Finance and the Quarterly Journal of Economics. Prof. Sufi was awarded the 2017 Fischer Black Prize by the American Finance Association, given biennially to the top financial economics scholar under the age of 40.

Sufi Stories

Lenders Step Up Financing to Subprime Borrowers

Lenders Step Up Financing to Subprime Borrowers

Article cites Prof. Amir Sufi, who says availability of subprime loans could make borrowers vulnerable to economic downturn


How Mortgage Fraud Made the Financial Crisis Worse

How Mortgage Fraud Made the Financial Crisis Worse

Research by Prof. Amir Sufi finds 'less visible' mortgage fraud responsible for making the housing crisis more severe


IMF Lists 25 Brightest Young Economists

IMF Lists 25 Brightest Young Economists

International Monetary Fund names Profs. Amit Seru, Amir Sufi and Matthew Gentzkow to list of world’s brightest young economists


International Business Times

Bubbles are forming in the credit market

Bubbles are forming in the credit market

Article cites Prof. Amir Sufi, who says that booming auto loans might be the next credit bubble


How High Debt From The Housing Collapse Still Stifles Our Economy

How High Debt From The Housing Collapse Still Stifles Our Economy

Prof. Amir Sufi’s new book, House of Debt, argues that the economy still lags because debt continues to constrain consumers


Lean Retirement Faces U.S. Generation X as Wealth Trails

Lean Retirement Faces U.S. Generation X as Wealth Trails

Article cites Prof. Amir Sufi, who states of the current job market, 'if you don’t have income, you can’t build wealth'


Blooomberg

“Demonstrably false”: Tim Geithner’s self-serving nonsense and the crisis of student debt

“Demonstrably false”: Tim Geithner’s self-serving nonsense and the crisis of student debt

In interview, Prof. Amir Sufi evaluates Timothy Geithner and the factors that led to the 2008 financial crisis


Salon

Bubble States Underemployment Rates Haunt Yellen

Bubble States Underemployment Rates Haunt Yellen

Prof. Amir Sufi explains that cyclical unemployment problems can become "more structural" over time


How household debt contributes to unemployment

How household debt contributes to unemployment

Prof. Amir Sufi co-authors report that finds strong relation between household debt, consumption and unemployment


Five UChicago scholars receive Alfred P. Sloan fellowships

Five UChicago scholars receive Alfred P. Sloan fellowships

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