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María E. Rochina Barrachina
Full Professor of Economics
Applied Economics II, Universitat de València

Education
Ph.D. in Economics, University College London, UK
M.Sc. in Economics, University College London, UK
Degree in Economics, Universitat de València, Spain
Fields of interest
Applied Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconometrics, Innovation Strategies
My Working Papers
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» WP02_2022 How do firms in Sub-Saharan Africa benefit from global value chains? 06/03/2022
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» WP01_2022 The role of innovation in employment growth, skills demand, and wages: Evidence from Ecuador 30/01/2022
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» WP19_2021 The effects of export and R&D strategies on firms’ markups in downturns: The Spanish case 30/12/2021
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» WP04_2021 Female R&D teams and patents as quality signals in innovative firms 28/02/2021
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» WP03_2021 Firms’ distance to the European productivity frontier 18/02/2021
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» WP22_2020 The Export Strategy and SMEs Employment Resilience During Slump Periods 31/12/2020
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» WP24_2019 Firm productivity gains in a period of slow trade liberalization: Evidence from Brazil 04/11/2019
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» WP12_2019 Foreign sourcing and exporting 16/05/2019
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» WP9_2019 The effects of export and R&D strategies on firms’ markups in downturns: the Spanish case 13/04/2019
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» WP6_2019 Trading activities, productivity and markups: evidence for Spanish manufacturing 13/03/2019
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» WP12_2018 Innovation drivers in Ecuadorian manufacturing 02/07/2018
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» WP9_2018 El papel de los activos intangibles en la convergencia de las empresas manufactureras españolas a sus fronteras tecnológicas sectoriales en la UE 01/06/2018
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» WP3_2018 ICT use, investments in R&D and workers’ training, firms’ productivity and markups: The case of Ecuadorian manufacturing 16/01/2018
My publications
- Añón-Higón, D., J.A. Máñez, M.E.Rochina-Barrachina, A. Sanchis, J.A. Sanchis (2022). Firms’ distance to the European productivity frontier. Eurasian Business Review 12(2), 197-228.
- Beneito, P., M.E. Rochina-Barrachina, A. Sanchis (2022), Female R&D teams and patents as quality signals in innovative firms. Economics of Innovation and New Technology.
- Añón-Higón, D., J.A. Máñez, M.E.Rochina-Barrachina, A. Sanchis, J.A. Sanchis (2018). The impact of the Great Recession on TFP convergence among EU countries. Applied Economic Letters 25 (6), 393-396.
- Beneito, P., M.E. Rochina-Barrachina, A. Sanchis (2018). International patenting decisions: empirical evidence with Spanish firms. Economia Politica 35 579–599.
- Beneito, P., M.E. Rochina-Barrachina, A. Sanchis (2017). Competition and innovation with selective exit: an inverted-U shape relationship?. Oxford Economic Papers 69 (4), 1032-1053.
- Beneito, P., M.E. Rochina-Barrachina, A. Sanchis (2016). Foreign capital, credit constraints and continuity of firms’ R&D. Applied Economic Letters 23(3), 157-161.
- Beneito, P., M. Coscollá, M.E. Rochina-Barrachina, A. Sanchis (2015). Competitive pressure and innovation at the firm level . The Journal of Industrial Economics 63(3), 422-457.
- Máñez, J.A., M. E. Rochina-Barrachina, A. Sanchis-Llopis, J. A. Sanchis-Llopis (2015). The determinants of R&D persistence in SMEs. Small Business Economics 44(3), 505-528.
- Beneito, P., M.E. Rochina-Barrachina, A. Sanchis (2015). The path of R&D efficiency over time. International Journal of Industrial Organization 42, 57-69.
- Beneito, P., M.E. Rochina-Barrachina, A. Sanchis (2015). Ownership and the cyclicality of firms’ R&D investments. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal 11 (2), 343-359.
- Beneito, P., M.E. Rochina-Barrachina, A. Sanchis (2015). The innovation returns to internal and external R&D experience. Cuadernos Económicos de ICE 89, 229-252.
- Beneito, P., M.E. Rochina-Barrachina, A. Sanchis (2014). Patents, competition and firm’s innovation incentives. Industry and Innovation 21 (4) 285-309.
- Beneito, P., M.E. Rochina-Barrachina, A. Sanchis (2014). Learning through experience in Research and Development: an empirical analysis with Spanish firms. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 88, 290-302.
- Beneito, P., M.E. Rochina-Barrachina, A. Sanchis (2014). Competencia e innovación: evidencia para las empresas manufactureras españolas, in Fariñas, J.C. and Fernández de Guevara J. (Eds.): La Empresa española ante la crisis del modelo productivo, Fundación BBVA.
- Máñez, J.A., M. E. Rochina-Barrachina, A. Sanchis-Llopis, J. A. Sanchis-Llopis (2013). Do process innovations boost SMEs' productivity growth?. Empirical Economics 44 (3), 1373-1405.
- Beneito, P., M.E. Rochina-Barrachina, A. Sanchis (2011). La experiencia en I+D como un factor determinante de la Innovación. Papeles de Economía Española 127, 89-104.
- Beneito, P., M. Coscollá, M.E. Rochina-Barrachina, A. Sanchis (2011). La relación de U-invertida entre competencia e innovación: evidencia para el caso español. Economía Industrial 282, 45-52.
- Máñez, J.A., M. E. Rochina-Barrachina, A. Sanchis-Llopis, J. A. Sanchis-Llopis (2009). The role of sunk costs in the decision to invest in R&D. The Journal of Industrial Economics 57, 712-735.