▪️Full name: Amir Kermani
🏫Education:
B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (University of Tehran)
M.S. in Managerial Economics (Sharif University of Technology)
M.S. in Economics (London School of Economics)
Ph.D. in Economics (MIT)
▪️Position:
Assistant Professor, Haas UC-Berkeley (2013-2019)
Associate Professor of Finance and Real Estate, Haas UC-Berkeley (2019-present)
National Bureau of Economic Research Research Associate (2019-present)
▪️Field: Financial Economics, Finance, Monetary Policy, Household Finance, Securitization
📝Top 3 Papers:
The value of connections in turbulent times: Evidence from the United States (Journal of Financial Economics)
Interest rate pass-through: Mortgage rates, household consumption, and voluntary deleveraging (American Economic Review)
The value of trading relations in turbulent times (Journal of Financial Economics)
🎧Podcast:
Eghtesadino Episode 1 with Amir Kermani (Eghtesadino Podcast Series)
📽Presentation:
Unconventional Monetary Policy and the Allocation of Credit (USC Lusk Center for Real Estate)
ASSA 2021 SED Session: “The Nature of Firms and Macroeconomic Implications” (Society for Economic Dynamics)
Conversation with Amir Kermani, Potential Economic Concerns, and Threats (EcoIran)
Reducing Inflation, Russia’s current reforms with Amir Kermani (Eghtesad Online)
👩🎓Famous Students:
John Mondragon (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
Dmitri Koustas (University of Chicago)
🏆Honors & Awards:
AER Excellence in Refereeing Award (2019)
RFS Rising Scholar Award (2018)
Winner of NASDAQ Prize for Best Paper at FMA
Gold Medal of 33rd International Physics Olympiad (2002)
Image credit:
1-© Donyaye Eghtesad
2-© Bourseon
3-© Ecoiran
