Yu Shi
Last Updated: May 24, 2018
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 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