Yaqi Shi

Yaqi Shi is an Associate Professor of Managerial Accounting and Control at the Ivey Business School. Yaqi's research focuses on international accounting, voluntary disclosure, corporate governance and corporate social responsibility issues. Her research has been published in Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Accounting and Public Policies and Journal of International Accounting Research.

Yaqi is a yogi and a dedicated learner of organic farming.

Teaching

• Managerial Accounting and Control (HBA2)
• Accounting and Financial Fundamentals (HBA1 Core Course)
• Learning Through Action (HBA1)
• Risk, Governance and Control (Graduate Diploma in Accounting)
• Ivey Essential (MSc Program)

Education

• BE (Gold Medalist), Shandong University of Finance and Economics
• MBA, Tianjin University
• PhD, Concordia University
• CPA

Recent Refereed Articles

• Magnan, M.; Li, T.; Shi, Y. N., 2022, "Governance Tensions in MNCs’ Accounting Quality", Journal of International Business Studies
• Dunbar, C. G.; Li, Z. F.; Shi, Y. N., 2020, "CEO Risk-Taking Incentives and Corporate Social Responsibility", Journal of Corporate Finance, October 64
• Foerster, S. R.; Sapp, S.; Shi, Y. N., 2014, "The Effect of Voluntary Disclosure on Firm Risk and Firm Value: Evidence from Management Earnings Forecasts", Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting, October 12: 179 - 213.
• Shi, Y. N.; Kim, J. B.; Magnan, M., 2014, "Voluntary Disclosure, Legal Institutions and Firm Valuation: Evidence from U.S. Cross-Listed Foreign Firms", Journal of International Accounting Research, October 13(2): 57 - 85.
• Shi, Y. N.; Magnan, M.; Kim, J. B., 2012, "Do Countries Matter for Voluntary Disclosure? Evidence from Cross-listed Firms in the U.S.", Journal of International Business Studies, January 43(2): 143 - 165.
• Kim, J.; Shi, Y. N., 2011, "Voluntary Disclosure and the Cost of Capital: Evidence from Management Earnings Forecasts", Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, July 30(4): 348 - 366.

Honours & Awards

• SSHRC Grant: Corporate Social Responsibility, CEO Risk-Taking Incentives, and Firm Valuation (with Craig Dunbar and Frank Li)
• David G. Burgoyne Teaching Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Development, Ivey Business School (2017)
• Western University Student Council Teaching Honour Roll
• Best Dissertation Award, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University

Research/Course Development

• Corporate Governance and Risk Management
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Accounting Quality
• International Accounting
• Cross Listing