Banking and financial intermediation, monetary policy, corporate finance

Farzad Saidi is a Professor of Financial Economics at the University of Bonn. He holds an MSc in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics from the London School of Economics and finished his PhD in Economics at New York University in 2013. Before his appointment in Bonn, he was an Assistant Professor of Finance at Boston University, Stockholm School of Economics, and the University of Cambridge.

Published papers

• Banks and Negative Interest Rates

  Heider, F., Saidi, F., & Schepens, G. Banks and Negative Interest Rates. Annual Review of Financial Economics (forthcoming).

• Regulatory Forbearance in the U.S. Insurance Industry: The Effects of Removing Capital Requirements for an Asset Class

  Becker, B., Opp, M. M., & Saidi, F. (2021) Regulatory Forbearance in the U.S. InsuranceIndustry: The Effects of Removing Capital Requirements for an Asset Class. The Review of Financial Studies.

• Bank Concentration and Product Market Competition

  Saidi, F., Streitz, D. (2021). Bank Concentration and Product Market Competition, The Review of Financial Studies.

Discussion papers

• Social Interactions in a Pandemic

• Health Externalities and Policy: The Role of Social Preferences

• The Bank Liquidity Channel of Financial (In)stability