Dr. Pilar Beneito López is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics and, Associated Researcher of the Social and Economic Behaviour Institute (ERI-CES) at the Universitat de València. Pilar holds a Bachelor’s degree and a Ph.D. in Economics from the Universitat de València, and an M.Sc. in Economics from University College London. Her main research interests are in the areas of Applied Industrial Economics; Economics of Innovation; Economics of Education; Gender Economics, and Microeconometrics. Her work has been published in several scientific journals including Economics of Education Review, Journal of Industrial Economics, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Oxford Economic Papers, Research Policy, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, among others. She has been involved in many national and international projects and has attended numerous national and international conferences and workshops.

Five selected/recent publications:

1. Beneito, P.; Boscá, J.E.; Ferri, J. (2018): “Tuition fees and student effort at university”, Economics of Education Review, 64, 114-128.
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. Beneito, P. (2006): "The innovative performance of in-house and contracted R&D in terms of patents and utility models," Research Policy, 35(4), 502-517.

Dr. Juan A. Máñez studied Economics at the University of Valencia (Degree in Economics) and at the University of Warwick (M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Economics). At the moment, he is Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Economics, and Associated Researcher of the Social and Economic Behaviour Institute (ERI-CES) at the University of Valencia. He teaches International Trade, Industrial Organization and Microeconometrics. His research deals primarily with the role of trade and innovation activities on manufacturing firms’ performance. He is also active in other research related issues, such as intangibles, firm survival, strategic decisions and experimental economics. The research work resulted in a number of publications (43 scientific publications, from which 32 are in JCR journals). He has been involved in 31 national (6 of them as team leader) and 3 international projects (3 EU projects and 1 World Bank project). He has attended around 130 national and international conferences and workshops.

Five selected/recent publications:

1. Mañez, J.A., Mínguez, C., Rochina, M.E., Sanchis, J.A., 2019, Trading activities, productivity and markups: evidence from Spanish manufacturing, World Economy, DOI. 10.1111/twec.12892
2. Mañez, J.A., Pérez-López, G., Prior, D. And J.L. Zafra-Gómez, 2016, Understanding the Dynamic Effect of Contracting Out on the Delivery of Local Public Services. Regional Studies, 50(12), 2069-2080.
3. Manjón, M. and J.A. Mañez, 2016, Production function estimation in Stata using the Ackerberg–Caves–Frazer method. Stata Journal, 16(4), 1046-1059.
4. Mañez, J.A., Rochina, M.E., Sanchis A. and Sanchis, J.A., 2009, The role of sunk in the decision to invest in R&D, Journal of Industrial Economics, 57(4), pp. 712-735.
5. Mañez, J.A., 2006, Unbeatable Value low price guarantee: collusive mechanism or advertising strategy, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 15(1), pp. 143-166.

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.