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Amir Sufi is the Bruce Lindsay Distinguished Service Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where he has been a faculty member since 2005. He serves as a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and co-director of its Corporate Finance Program.
- Bachelor’s Degree, Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University (1999)
- PhD in Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2005)
His research focuses on finance, macroeconomics, and corporate finance. Key areas include household debt dynamics, credit market structure, income inequality, and interest rate impacts on productivity growth. Recent work examines customer capital investment and low-interest rate effects on market concentration.
Selected scientific awards include the 2017 Fischer Black Prize, Econometric Society Fellow (2022), and American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow (2024). His peer-reviewed publications and working papers span topics from syndicated loans to global household debt cycles, with notable contributions to understanding credit-driven business cycles and government-led consumer credit programs. He teaches courses in leveraged finance, private credit, and corporate restructuring.
