Yu Shi

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Biography

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.

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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 Publications

IMF Books and Working Papers

• Economic Scarring: Channels and Policy Implications, Working Paper No. 2022/248 , December 9, 2022

• Financial Constraints, Productivity, and Investment: Evidence from Lithuania, Working Paper No. 2022/249 , December 9, 2022

• Who Bore the Brunt of the Pandemic in Europe? Shifting Private Stress to the Public Sector, Departmental Paper No 2021/015 , July 15, 2021

• A European Minimum Wage: Implications for Poverty and Macroeconomic Imbalances, Working Paper No. 2020/059 , 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. 2019/111 , May 21, 2019

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

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