Yanghua Shi
Year: 2019
Center: Business
Supervisor: Erik Theissen
Yanghua Shi was born in Japan. In 2017, she received her Bachelor's degree in Economic Computer Science from the University of Mannheim, where she graduated top of her class. She was also awarded DAAD Prize at her graduation. For her bachelor thesis, Yanghua wrote about bitcoin in cooperation with a company. Subsequently, she received her Master's degree in Mannheim Master in Business Research with a focus on Marketing from the University of Mannheim and was nominated for DAAD Prize. Moreover, Yanghua gained practical experience during internships at Deloitte (Mannheim) and Deutsche Bank (Frankfurt). She gained first research experience while working as a student research assistant at respectively ZEW (Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research) and Chair of Senior Professor Weber. In September 2019, Yanghua joined the Finance track of the Center of Doctoral Studies in Business.
Research interests:
- Corporate Finance
- Financial Markets
- Quantitative Finance
- Blockchain
- Behavioral Finance
Publications
2024
- Eska, F., Shi, Y., Theissen, E. and Uhrig-Homburg, M. (2024). Do design features explain the volatility of cryptocurrencies? Finance Research Letters, 66, 1–8.
- Scharnowski, S. and Shi, Y. (2024). Intraday herding and attention around the clock. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 41, 1–16.
2021
- Scharnowski, S. and Shi, Y. (2021). Bitcoin blackout: Proof-of-work and the centralization of mining. Mannheim.
2024
- Guo, K., Shi, Y. and Wen, J. (2024). Connections over competence: The impact of political ties on sell-side research quality. 2024 AFA Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
2023
- Eska, F., Shi, Y., Theissen, E. and Uhrig-Homburg, M. (2023). Design and valuation of cyptocurrencies. Economics of Financial Technology Conference 2023, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
- Eska, F., Shi, Y., Theissen, E. and Uhrig-Homburg, M. (2023). Do design features explain the volatility of cryptocurrencies? CryptoAssets and Digital Asset Investment Conference, Ghent, Belgium.
- Shi, Y. (2023). Impact of cryptocurrency actors' attention on cryptocurrency performance with a focus on China. Behavioural Finance Working Group 16th Annual Conference: Finance in a High-Inflation Post-COVID World, London, UK.
- Shi, Y. (2023). Impact of cryptocurrency actors’ attention on cryptocurrency performance with a focus on China. CRC 2022, Cryptocurrency Research Conference, Durham, United Kingdom.
2022
- Eska, F., Shi, Y., Theissen, E. and Uhrig-Homburg, M. (2022). Design and valuation of cryptocurrencies. 11th International Conference of the Financial Engineering and Banking Society, Portsmouth, UK.
- Eska, F., Shi, Y., Theissen, E. and Uhrig-Homburg, M. (2022). Design and valuation of cryptocurrencies. CRC 2022, Cryptocurrency Research Conference, Durham, United Kingdom.
- Scharnowski, S. and Shi, Y. (2022). Bitcoin blackout: Proof-of-work and the centralization of mining. 26th Spring Meeting of Young Economists (SMYE 2022), Orléans, France.
- Scharnowski, S. and Shi, Y. (2022). Bitcoin blackout: Proof-of-work and the centralization of mining. Economics of Financial Technology Conference, Edinburgh, UK.
- Scharnowski, S. and Shi, Y. (2022). Intraday herding and attention around the clock. Behavioural Finance Working Group 15th Annual Conference, London, UK.
- Scharnowski, S. and Shi, Y. (2022). Intraday herding and attention around the clock. 38th International Conference of the French Finance Association (AFFI), St. Malo, France.
- Scharnowski, S. and Shi, Y. (2022). Intraday herding and attention around the clock. Crypto Assets and Digital Asset Investment Conference, Rennes, France.
- Shi, Y. (2022). Bitcoin blackout: Proof-of-work and the centralization of mining. 15th RGS Doctoral Conference in Economics, Ruhr Graduate School in Economics, Essen, Germany.
- Shi, Y. (2022). Impact of cryptocurrency actors’ attention on cryptocurrency performance with a focus on China. Cardiff Fintech Conference, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
2021
- Scharnowski, S. and Shi, Y. (2021). Intraday herding and attention around the clock. CRC 2021, The 4th Cryptocurrency Research Conference, Online.
- Scharnowski, S. and Shi, Y. (2021). Intraday herding and attention around the clock. World Finance Conference, Online.
