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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 keywords
- Banking and Financial Institutions
- Household Finance
- Microeconomics
- Real Estate Finance
- Regulation of Financial Markets
- Urban Economics
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Grants
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Measuring the welfare cost of asymmetric information in consumer credit markets
DeFusco, A. A., Tang, H. & Yannelis, C., Dec 2022, In: Journal of Financial Economics. 146, 3, p. 821-840 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Scopus citations -
Speculative dynamics of prices and volume
DeFusco, A. A., Nathanson, C. G. & Zwick, E., Oct 2022, In: Journal of Financial Economics. 146, 1, p. 205-229 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
6 Scopus citations -
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
14 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
30 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
37 Scopus citations
Datasets
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Replication data for: The Interest Rate Elasticity of Mortgage Demand: Evidence from Bunching at the Conforming Loan Limit
DeFusco, A. (Creator) & Paciorek, A. (Creator), ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2017
DOI: 10.3886/e116504v1-131605, https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/116504/version/V1/view?path=/pcms/projects/1/1/6/5/116504/V1.0.1/POL2014-0108_data/LPS&type=folder
Dataset
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Replication data for: The Interest Rate Elasticity of Mortgage Demand: Evidence from Bunching at the Conforming Loan Limit
DeFusco, A. (Creator) & Paciorek, A. (Creator), ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2017
DOI: 10.3886/e116504v1-100060, https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/116504/version/V1/view?path=/pcms/projects/1/1/6/5/116504/V1.0.1/POL2014-0108_data&type=folder
Dataset