Biography
Yuan Shi earned her Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Texas at Arlington, and her M.S. in accounting from the University of Texas at Dallas. She is a licensed CPA. Prior to joining Penn State Great Valley, she worked as an accountant at a CPA firm and in the corporate finance department of Philips.
Dr. Shi teaches courses in financial accounting, managerial accounting, and accounting information systems. Her research interests include management forecast, analyst forecast, financial reporting quality, tone of financial reporting, conservatism, and corporate governance.
Awards
- 2024 Penn State Great Valley Early Career Research & Scholarship Excellence Award
- 2022 Penn State Great Valley Teaching Excellence Award
Publications
Selected Publications
Kalelkar, R., Shi, Y., & Xu, H. (2025). "Top Management Team Incentive Dispersion and Management Earnings Forecasts." Journal of Business Finance & Accounting.
Gao, L., Shi, Y., & Zheng, Y. (2025). "Cryptocurrency exposure and the cost of debt." Finance Research Letters, 73, 106668.
Chen, L., Li, C., Nie, D., & Shi, Y. (2024). "Investor Sentiment and Earnings Management." Quarterly Journal of Finance & Accounting.
Chen, L., Nie, D., Shi, Y., & Zhang, Y. (2024). "Analyst Forecast Revision Consistency and Price Discovery: Evidence of Market Efficiency." Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance.
Richardson, H., Shi, Y., & Xu, H. (2024). "The Impact of Top Management Team Incentive Dispersion on Non-GAAP Reporting." The Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics.
Kalelkar, R., Shi, Y., & Xu, H. (2024). "Top Management Team Incentive Dispersion and Audit Fees." Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance.
Jategaonkar, S., Shi, Y., & Song, X. (2024). "Earnings Management around Reverse Stock Splits." Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance.
Nie, D., Shi, Y., & Xu, H. (2023). "CEO Inside Debt and Annual Report Readability." Quarterly Journal of Finance & Accounting.
Chen, L., Le, L., Nie, D., & Shi, Y. (2023). "Is Audit Committee Chair’s Compensation Related to Financial Reporting Quality?" Journal of Forensic and Investigative Accounting.
Chen, L., Nie, D., & Shi, Y. (2022). "Industry Peer Competition and Management Earnings Forecasts." Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance.
Gao, L., Shi, Y., & Xu, H. (2022). "Pilot CEOs and Management Earnings Forecasts." Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance.
Shi, Y., Nie, D., & Chen, L. (2022). "Management Earnings Forecasts, Earnings Management, and the Sarbanes–Oxley Act." Journal of Forensic & Investigative Accounting.
Education
- M.S., Accounting, University of Texas at Dallas
- Ph.D., Accounting, University of Texas at Arlington