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Dra. Amparo Sanchis Llopis is Professor of Economics in the Department of Applied Economics of the University of Valencia (Spain). She is also affiliated to the Interdisciplinary Research Network “Social and Economic Behaviour (ERI-CES)” from the University of Valencia. She has an economic background, with a M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of London, UK. She teaches International Economics and Industrial Organization in the Degree of Economics of the University of Valencia. Her current research area focuses on applied industrial economics, and in particular on the process of innovation and the engagement in R&D activities by firms. Especial interests include the determinants of firms’ persistence in R&D activities, and the relationship between competition and innovation incentives. She has participated in many research projects supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology, the European Commission, and the Valencian Government. She has also attended many national and international conferences and workshops. Her publications include articles in the Journal of Industrial Economics, Oxford Economic Papers, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Review of Industrial Organization and Small Business Economics, among others.

Web page: https://www.uv.es/sanchisa/index.html

Selected publications:

• 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.
• 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.
• Beneito, P.; Rochina, M.E.; SANCHIS, A. (2015): “The path of R&D efficiency over time”, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 42, 57-69.
• Máñez-Castillejo, J.; Rochina, M.E.; SANCHIS, A.; Sanchis, J.A. (2015): “The determinants of R&D persistence in SMEs”, Small Business Economics, 44, 505-528.
• Máñez-Castillejo, J.; Rochina, M.E.; SANCHIS, A.; Sanchis, J.A. (2009): “The role of sunk costs in the decision to invest in R&D”, Journal of Industrial Economics, 57, 712-735.