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Research Interests
He studies household finance with a particular emphasis on household behaviors and policies affecting the housing and residential mortgage markets. His recent work has studied the effects of regulations on household leverage in the mortgage market as well as the role of collateral constraints and interest rates in driving household borrowing behavior. In other work, he has also studied the role of short-term speculation and geographic spillovers in contributing to house price fluctuations.
Education/Academic qualification
Applied Economics, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
… → 2015
Applied Economics, MS, University of Pennsylvania
… → 2012
Economics and Mathematics, BA, Temple University
… → 2009
Research interests
- Banking and Financial Institutions
- Household Finance
- Microeconomics
- Real Estate Finance
- Regulation of Financial Markets
- Urban Economics
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No Job, No Money, No Refi: Frictions to Refinancing in a Recession
Defusco, A. A. & Nelson Mondragon, J. A., Oct 1 2020, In: Journal of Finance. 75, 5, p. 2327-2376 50 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
5 Scopus citations -
Regulating household leverage
Defusco, A. A., Johnson, S. & Mondragon, J., Mar 1 2020, In: Review of Economic Studies. 87, 2, p. 914-958 45 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
12 Scopus citations -
Homeowner Borrowing and Housing Collateral: New Evidence from Expiring Price Controls
Defusco, A. A., Apr 2018, In: Journal of Finance. 73, 2, p. 523-573 51 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
23 Scopus citations -
The role of price spillovers in the American housing boom
DeFusco, A., Ding, W., Ferreira, F. & Gyourko, J., Nov 2018, In: Journal of Urban Economics. 108, p. 72-84 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
8 Scopus citations -
The interest rate elasticity of mortgage demand: Evidence from bunching at the conforming loan limit
DeFusco, A. A. & Paciorek, A., Feb 1 2017, In: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. 9, 1, p. 210-240 31 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
31 Scopus citations