## Yu Shi

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- Authors: 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.

### Profile

### 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](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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