Amiyatosh's research covers a wide range of topics in banking, real estate, corporate finance and credit risk. His recent research work is mostly related to banking, subprime crisis, mortgage finance, and racial differences in access to finance. These papers analyze causes and consequences of financial crisis, measurement and reporting of risk in banking sector, design of mortgage-backed-securities, and incentive issues in securitization markets. His research has been published in leading journals such as Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Review of Finance, and Journal of Monetary Economics. He has served (or currently serves) on the editorial board of a number of finance journals, including the Journal of Finance, Review of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Intermediation, and Journal of Banking and Finance.