Hi! I am Grace, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Economics at George Washington University (Ph.D. expected May 2027), specializing in International Macroeconomics, International Finance, and Digital Finance, with secondary interests in AI/ML in Economic Measurement and Asset Pricing. I am on the 2026–2027 economics job market.
My research builds large-scale, AI- and text-based datasets to study capital flows, capital controls, crypto assets, stablecoins, and financial-stability risks. My job market paper, Not Just Talk: Crypto Activity, Equity Repricing, and Macro-Financial Transmission, uses large language models to classify SEC filings of 6,551 U.S. domestic and foreign issuers and shows that Bitcoin-related equity repricing is concentrated in firms with substantive crypto activities rather than mere crypto mentions, and spreads through industry links to firms without direct exposure (Paper · Slides). My work has appeared as an NBER working paper and a forthcoming IMF working paper, and I was a Fund intern in the IMF Asia and Pacific Department in summer 2026.
I am very fortunate to be advised by Prof. Tomas Williams at The George Washington University. Previously, I was mentored by Prof. Guixia Guo during my Master’s Degree at the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE).
You can find my CV here: Grace Sun’s Curriculum Vitae.
Research Interests
- Primary: International Macroeconomics, International Finance, and Digital Finance
- Capital Flows and Capital Controls
- Crypto Assets, Stablecoins, and Financial Stability
- Carry Trades and Liquidity Risks
- Secondary: AI/ML in Economic Measurement and Asset Pricing
- Multi-type Datasets by LLM Prompting/Finetuning
- AI Impact on Financial Markets
Contact
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