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  "title": "Yu Shi",
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  "summary": "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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      "heading": "Biography",
      "content": "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."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Education",
      "content": "- PhD in Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017\n\n- MA in Statistics, Harvard University, 2012\n\n- BA in Economics and Statistics, Peking University 2010"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Referee Activities",
      "content": "- Referee for Econometrica, Journal of International Economics"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Work in progress",
      "content": "- Sectoral Booms and Misallocation of Managerial Talent: Evidence from the Chinese Real Estate Boom\u0003\n\n- Cross-holding Network and the Propagation of Credit Shocks, With Robert Townsend and Wu Zhu"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Field of Expertise",
      "content": "- International Trade\n\n- Macro-Financial Issues"
    },
    {
      "heading": "IMF Books and Working Papers",
      "content": "- Economic Scarring: Channels and Policy Implications, Working Paper No. 2022/248 , December 9, 2022\n\n- Financial Constraints, Productivity, and Investment: Evidence from Lithuania, Working Paper No. 2022/249 , December 9, 2022\n\n- Who Bore the Brunt of the Pandemic in Europe? Shifting Private Stress to the Public Sector, Departmental Paper No 2021/015 , July 15, 2021\n\n- A European Minimum Wage: Implications for Poverty and Macroeconomic Imbalances, Working Paper No. 2020/059 , May 22, 2020\n\n- Foreign Demand and Local House Prices: Evidence from the US, Working Paper No. 20/43 , February 28, 2020\n\n- Internal Capital Markets in Business Groups and the Propagation of Credit Supply Shocks, Working Paper No. 2019/111 , May 21, 2019\n\n- Sectoral Booms and Misallocation of Managerial Talent: Evidence from the Chinese Real Estate Boom, Working Paper No. 2018/221 , September 28, 2018\n\n- Household Financial Access and Risk Sharing in Nigeria, Working Paper No. 2015/169 , July 22, 2015"
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    "PhD in Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017",
    "MA in Statistics, Harvard University, 2012",
    "BA in Economics and Statistics, Peking University 2010",
    "Referee for Econometrica, Journal of International Economics",
    "Sectoral Booms and Misallocation of Managerial Talent: Evidence from the Chinese Real Estate Boom\u0003",
    "Cross-holding Network and the Propagation of Credit Shocks, With Robert Townsend and Wu Zhu",
    "International Trade",
    "Macro-Financial Issues",
    "[Economic Scarring: Channels and Policy Implications](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2022/12/09/economic-scarring-channels-and-policy-implications-526841), Working Paper No. 2022/248 , December 9, 2022",
    "[Financial Constraints, Productivity, and Investment: Evidence from Lithuania](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2022/12/09/financial-constraints-productivity-and-investment-evidence-from-lithuania-526844), Working Paper No. 2022/249 , December 9, 2022",
    "[Who Bore the Brunt of the Pandemic in Europe? Shifting Private Stress to the Public Sector](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/departmental-papers-policy-papers/issues/2021/07/14/who-bore-the-brunt-of-the-pandemic-in-europe-shifting-private-stress-to-the-public-sector-461378), Departmental Paper No 2021/015 , July 15, 2021",
    "[A European Minimum Wage: Implications for Poverty and Macroeconomic Imbalances](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2020/05/22/a-european-minimum-wage-implications-for-poverty-and-macroeconomic-imbalances-49453), Working Paper No. 2020/059 , May 22, 2020",
    "[Foreign Demand and Local House Prices: Evidence from the US](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2020/02/28/foreign-demand-and-local-house-prices-evidence-from-the-us-49028), Working Paper No. 20/43 , February 28, 2020",
    "[Internal Capital Markets in Business Groups and the Propagation of Credit Supply Shocks](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2019/05/21/internal-capital-markets-in-business-groups-and-the-propagation-of-credit-supply-shocks-46882), Working Paper No. 2019/111 , May 21, 2019",
    "[Sectoral Booms and Misallocation of Managerial Talent: Evidence from the Chinese Real Estate Boom](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2018/09/28/sectoral-booms-and-misallocation-of-managerial-talent-evidence-from-the-chinese-real-estate-46277), Working Paper No. 2018/221 , September 28, 2018",
    "[Household Financial Access and Risk Sharing in Nigeria](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/31/household-financial-access-and-risk-sharing-in-nigeria-43116), Working Paper No. 2015/169 , July 22, 2015"
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