Dr. Carlos Abreo is an economist from the Universidad Santo Tomás, Colombia, Master in Banking and Finance from the University of Las Palmas De Gran Canaria, Spain, and a PhD in Economic Integration from the University of the Basque Country, Spain. His main work experience comes from the academic sector (academic management and teaching), working in countries such as England, Colombia, and Spain. He has worked as a university professor of Economics at different universities in Colombia and Spain (teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses). Additionally, he was Dean of the Faculty of International Business at the Universidad Santo Tomás in Colombia. He has also been a doctoral fellow of the Colombian Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation, as well as a member of research groups in various universities, a reviewer of different international academic journals, and a visiting professor and researcher in international settings. His research focuses on how economic integration processes in developing countries promote economic growth.

Vicente Baldovi Trull is Part-Time Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Economics II (Economic Structure) in University of Valencia (UV). He holds a Business Management Degree from UV, and a high degree in Marketing Research. During his student days, he had the opportunity to obtain a Management & Culture Certificate at the University of Linköping (Sweden), thanks to the Erasmus Program.

After working in different economy sectors such as construction, finance and social economy, he completed a Master's in International Business Management as a scholarship holder at the Center for Economic and Commercial Studies (CECO) of ICEX Spain Export & Investment.
Thereafter he got a one-year period of internship at the Commercial Office of the Spanish Embassy in Oman.

Currently, and after having been involved in several business internationalization projects, he combines teaching at the UV with his job as an Economic Promotion Technician in a Local Council. His areas of interest are international economy, competitiveness, value creation processes and public sector efficiency.

Dr. Omar Blanco Arroyo is assistant professor at the Department of Applied Economics II (Estructura Econòmica), University of Valencia. He holds a PhD in Economics and Business by the University Jaume I (Castellón, Spain). His research interests are focused on the dynamics of large firms and their macroeconomic impact. His work has been published in Economics Letters and Mathematics and he has also participated in different competitive projects supported by the Valencian government.

Five selected/recent publications:

1. Alfarano, S., & Blanco-Arroyo, O. (2022). Banking sector concentration, credit shocks and aggregate fluctuations. Economics Letters, 218, 110709.

2. Vidal-Tomás, D., Ruiz-Buforn, A., Blanco-Arroyo, O., & Alfarano, S. (2022). A cross-sectional analysis of growth and profit rate distribution: the Spanish case. Mathematics, 10(6), 926.

3. Arroyo, O. B., Buforn, A. R., TOMÁS, D. V., & Alfarano, S. (2019). Granular companies and regional breakdown: An analysis of the Spanish case. Estudios de Economía Aplicada, 37(2), 109.

4. Blanco-Arroyo, O., Ruiz-Buforn, A., Vidal-Tomás, D., & Alfarano, S. (2018). On the determination of the granular size of the economy. Economics Letters, 173, 35-38.

Dr. María Feo Valero is Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Economics II (Estructura Econòmica), University of Valencia. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics by the University of Valencia. Most of her professional activity has focused on research in the area of transport economics: initially at the Valenciaport Foundation as R&D project manager (2004-2012) and then as assistant professor at the University Jaume I of Castellón (2012-2016) and, since 2016, as associate professor at the University of Valencia and Associate Researcher of the Institute of International Economics (IEI). Within the area of transport economics her work has focused on the modelling of the freight transport demand and the analysis of its determinants through advanced discrete choice models and stated preference techniques. She has collaborated in competitive national research projects and international projects and her work has been published in international journals of the area.

Five selected/recent publications:

1. ARTICLE: Feo-Valero, M., Martínez-Moya, J. 2022. Shippers vs. freight forwarders: Do they differ in their port choice decisions? Evidence from the Spanish ceramic tile industry. Research in Transportation Economics 95.
2. ARTICLE: Vega, A., Feo-Valero, M., Espino, R. 2021. Understanding maritime transport route choice among Irish exporters: A latent class approach. Research in Transportation Economics 90.
3. ARTICLE: Martínez-Moya, J., Feo-Valero, M. 2020. Measuring foreland container port connectivity disaggregated by destination markets: An index for Short Sea Shipping services in Spanish ports. Journal of Transport Geography 89.
4. ARTICLE: Vega, A., Feo-Valero, M., Espino, R. 2018. The potential impact of Brexit on Ireland’s demand for shipping services to continental Europe. Transport Policy 71, 1-13.
5. BOOK CHAPTER: Feo-Valero, M., Vega, A., Vázquez-Paja, B. 2021. The Value of Time in Freight Transport. In: Vickerman, Roger (eds.) International Encyclopedia of Transportation. vol. 3, pp. 236-241. UK: Elsevier Ltd.

Dr. Rafael Llorca Vivero earned a Bachelor degree in Economics (with distintcion) at the Universitat de València (Valencia, Spain), a Master Science in Economics (with distinction) at University College London and a PhD at the University of Valencia. He is now Professor of Applied Economics in the Economic Structure Department of the Universitat de València. His main research area of interest is in the ambit of International Trade. He has published in journals such as European Economic Review, Journal of Development Economics, Review of World Economics, Review of International Economics, The World Economy or Oxford Economic Papers, among others.

Five selected/recent publications:

1. (2015) Regional export promotion offices and trade margins, S Gil-Pareja, R Llorca-Vivero, JA Martínez-Serrano, F Requena-Silvente, Review of World Economics 151 (1), 145-167.
2. (2014) Do nonreciprocal preferential trade agreements increase beneficiaries' exports?, S Gil-Pareja, R Llorca-Vivero, JA Martínez-Serrano, Journal of Development Economics 107, 291-304.
3. (2008) Terrorism and international tourism: New evidence, R Llorca‐Vivero, Defence and Peace Economics 19 (2), 169-188.
4. (2008) Trade effects of monetary agreements: evidence for OECD countries, S Gil-Pareja, R Llorca-Vivero, JA Martínez-Serrano, European Economic Review 52 (4), 733-755.
5. (2007) The effect of EMU on tourism, S Gil‐Pareja, R Llorca‐Vivero, JA Martínez‐Serrano, Review of International Economics 15 (2), 302-312.

Dr. Jesús Peiró-Palomino is Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Economics II (Estructura Econòmica), University of Valencia. He holds a PhD in Economics by the University Jaume I (Castellón, Spain). He has been Assistant Professor at University Jaume I (2016-2019) and visited the Aarhus University (Denmark, Fall 2013) and the Utrecht University (Netherlands, Fall 2017). His research interests are institutions and their role in economic development processes, especially at the regional level. He is also interested in the measurement of well-being and social progress, their spatial distribution and their evolution over time. His work has been published in several international scientific journals and he has also participated in different competitive projects.

Dr. Francisco Requena Silvente is Full Professor in Applied Economics at the Universitat de València. He got his Ph.D. in Economics from the London School of Economics. He was Reader in Economics at University of Sheffield (2013-2016) and Assistant Professor at University of California, Davis (2008-2009). His main research area is Applied International Economics, with special interest in international trade and international migration. His work has been published in several scientific journals including Review of World Economy, The World Economy, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Small Business Economics, Regional Studies, among others.

Five selected/recent publications:

1.      De Lucio, Juan, Mínguez, R., Minondo, A, Requena, F (2020) “The granular and fundamental components of export specialization”, The World Economy, forthcoming.

2.      Martín-Montaner, J., Serrano, G., Requena, F. (2018) “Networks and self-employment migrants”, Small Business Economics, 51, 735-755.

3.      Gil-Pareja, S., Martinez-Serrano, J., Llorca, R., Requena, F,. (2015), “Regional export promotion offices and trade margins”, Review of World Economy, 151 (1), 145-167.

4.      Esteve, S., Pallardo, V., Requena, F. (2013) The duration of firm-destination export relationships: Evidence from Spain, 1997-2006, Economic Inquiry, 51(1) , 159-180.

5.      Peri, G. and Requena-Silvente, Francisco (2010) The Trade Creation Effect of Immigrants: Evidence from the Remarkable Case of Spain, Canadian Journal of Economics, 43(4) 1433-1459.

Dr. María E. Rochina Barrachina holds a PhD and a Master’s Degree in Economics, both from University College London (The University of London). At present, she is a Professor at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Valencia. She is also affiliated to the Interdisciplinary Research Network “Social and Economic Behaviour (ERI-CES)” from the University of Valencia. She teaches International Trade and Microeconometrics. Her main research interests are in the areas of applied microeconometrics, applied industrial organization, applied international economics, the analysis of firm dynamics in innovation and internationalization strategies, firm productivity, and entrepreneurship. Her work has been published in several scientific journals including Journal of Industrial Economics, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Oxford Economic Papers, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Industry and Innovation, Industrial and Corporate Change, The Econometrics Journal, Review of World Economics, World Economy, Small Business Economics, and Empirical Economics, among others. She has been involved in many national (Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology) and international projects (European Commission, BBVA foundation, and World Bank) and has attended around 150 national and international conferences and workshops. She has supervised 2 PhD Thesis and 18 Master Dissertations.

Five selected/recent publications:

1. Máñez, J.A.; ROCHINA, M.E.; Sanchis, J.A. (2020): "Foreign sourcing and exporting", The World Economy, forthcoming.
2. Beneito, P.; ROCHINA, M.E.; Sanchis A. (2017): “Competition and innovation with selective exit: an inverted-U shape relationship?”, Oxford Economic Papers, 69(4), 1032–1053.
3. Beneito, P.; Coscollá, M.; ROCHINA, M.E.; Sanchis A. (2015) “Competitive Pressure and Innovation at the Firm Level”, Journal of Industrial Economics, 63(3), 422-457.
4. Beneito, P.; ROCHINA, M.E.; Sanchis A. (2015): “The path of R&D efficiency over time”, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 42, 57-69.
5. Manjón, M.; Máñez, J.A.; ROCHINA, M.E.; Sanchis, J.A. (2013): “Reconsidering learning by exporting”, Review of World Economics, 149, 5-22.

Dr. Juan A. Sanchis Llopis is Professor in Economics in the Applied Economics Department of the University of Valencia (Spain). He is also affiliated to the Interdisciplinary Research Network “Social and Economic Behaviour (ERI-CES)” from the University of Valencia. He has an economic background, with a M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Economics from University College London, the University of London. His current research area focuses on applied industrial economics, and in particular on firm strategic decisions such as the engagement in R&D activities or exporting or both. He has participated in several projects supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economics, Industry and Competitiveness and by the European Commission and the Valencian government. His publications include articles in the Journal of Industrial Economics, the Industrial and Corporate Change, the World Economics, Empirica, the Review of Industrial Organizationand the Small Business Economics, among others.

Five selected/recent publications:

1. Mañez, J.A., C. Mínguez, M.E. Rochina-Barrachina and J.A. Sanchis-Llopis (2019). Trading activities, productivity and markups: Evidence for Spanish manufacturinga. World Economy. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12892
2. Expósito, A. and J.A. Sanchis-Llopis (2019). The effects of innovation on the decisions of exporting and/or importing in SMEs: empirical evidence in the case of Spain. Small Business Economics. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-019-00184-3
3. Benito-Ostolaza, J.M., P. Hernández and J.A. Sanchis-Llopis (2016) .Do individuals with higher cognitive ability play more strategically?. Journal Of Behavioral And Experimental Economics. 64, 5 - 11.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2016.01.005

1. Sanchis Llopis, M.T., J.A. Sanchis-Llopis, A. Cubel and V. Esteve (2015). Total factor productivity, domestic knowledge accumulation, and international knowledge spillovers in the second half of the twentieth century. Cliometrica. 9, 209 - 233.
2. Mañez, J.A., M.E. Rochina-Barrachina, A. Sanchis-Llopis and J.A. Sanchis-Llopis (2015). The determinants of R&D persistence in SMEs. Small Business Economics. 44, 505 - 528.

My field of research is Environmental and Reosurce Economics and particularly non-market valuation of environmental and publics goods. Recently, I have also been involved in the economic valuation of the above-mentioned goods using Life Satisfaction Functions or Happines Functions (Subjective Well-Being).

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Graduate in Economic Sciences (Universitat de València, 1988), PhD in Economics (UNED, 1998), Graduate in History (Universitat de València, 2013) and Master in Ethics and Democracy (Universitat de València, 2020 - Extraordinary Award). Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Economics II of the University of Valencia since 1994. Researcher at the Institute of Social Economy, Cooperativism and Entrepreneurship IUDESCOOP of the University of Valencia.

Technician of the Bank of Spain since 1991.

Co-author of the book, together with Rafael Chaves (2004): The government of Credit Cooperatives in Spain. He has published articles in journals such as CIRIEC-Spain Public, Social and Cooperative Economy, Revesco Cooperative Studies Magazine, GEZKI Basque Social Economy or Journal of Co-operative Studies. He has participated in the cooperative credit and social banking sections in collective works: directed by S. Karafolas (2016) Credit cooperative institutions in European Countries, the White Paper on the Social Economy of the Valencian Community (2019) and in the Manual of Social Economy (2020).

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