Yu Shi

Last Updated: May 24, 2018

Yu Shi

Yu Shi is an economist in the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Yu’s research interests are applied Macroeconomics, corporate finance and housing. In her dissertation, she uses rich firm-level data to examine the impact of sectoral shocks on aggregate fluctuations and economic growth through the lens of corporate decisions.

Email: YSHI2@imf.org

Fluent In: Chinese.

Education:

PhD in Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017

MA in Statistics, Harvard University, 2012

BA in Economics and Statistics, Peking University 2010


Referee Activities:

Referee for Econometrica, Journal of International Economics


Work in progress:

Sectoral Booms and Misallocation of Managerial Talent: Evidence from the Chinese Real Estate Boom

Cross-holding Network and the Propagation of Credit Shocks, With Robert Townsend and Wu Zhu


Field of Expertise:

International Trade

Macro-Financial Issues

IMF Books and Working Papers:

A European Minimum Wage: Implications for Poverty and Macroeconomic Imbalances , Working Paper No. 20/59 , May 22, 2020

Foreign Demand and Local House Prices: Evidence from the US , Working Paper No. 20/43 , February 28, 2020

Internal Capital Markets in Business Groups and the Propagation of Credit Supply Shocks , Working Paper No. 19/111 , May 21, 2019

Sectoral Booms and Misallocation of Managerial Talent: Evidence from the Chinese Real Estate Boom , Working Paper No. 18/221 , September 28, 2018

Household Financial Access and Risk Sharing in Nigeria , Working Paper No. 15/169 , July 22, 2015

Yu Shi

Yu Shi is an economist in the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Yu’s research interests are applied Macroeconomics, corporate finance and housing. In her dissertation, she uses rich firm-level data to examine the impact of sectoral shocks on aggregate fluctuations and economic growth through the lens of corporate decisions.

Email: YSHI2@imf.org

Fluent In: Chinese.

Education:

PhD in Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017

MA in Statistics, Harvard University, 2012

BA in Economics and Statistics, Peking University 2010


Referee Activities:

Referee for Econometrica, Journal of International Economics


Work in progress:

Sectoral Booms and Misallocation of Managerial Talent: Evidence from the Chinese Real Estate Boom

Cross-holding Network and the Propagation of Credit Shocks, With Robert Townsend and Wu Zhu


Field of Expertise:

International Trade

Macro-Financial Issues

IMF Books and Working Papers:

A European Minimum Wage: Implications for Poverty and Macroeconomic Imbalances , Working Paper No. 20/59 , May 22, 2020

Foreign Demand and Local House Prices: Evidence from the US , Working Paper No. 20/43 , February 28, 2020

Internal Capital Markets in Business Groups and the Propagation of Credit Supply Shocks , Working Paper No. 19/111 , May 21, 2019

Sectoral Booms and Misallocation of Managerial Talent: Evidence from the Chinese Real Estate Boom , Working Paper No. 18/221 , September 28, 2018

Household Financial Access and Risk Sharing in Nigeria , Working Paper No. 15/169 , July 22, 2015