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Francisco Requena-Silvente

Position and Affil iation Full Professor (Catedrático) of Economics Departamento de Economía Aplicada II – Estructura Económica (Department of Applied Economcs II – Economic Structure -) University of Valencia. Address Departamento de Estructura Económica (Economía Aplicada II) Facultad de Economía Avda. de los Naranjos, s/n 46022 Valencia Spain Email: francisco.requena@uv.es Webpage: www.uv.es/=frequena Phone: +34 96 382 88 51

Education

2001 LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS

Ph.D. in Economics: ‘Micro-Foundations of Export Supply: Empirical Investigations’.

1995 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON Master of Science in Economics, with distinction.

1993 UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA Master Philosophy in Economics, with distinction.

1992 UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA

Degree in Economics and Business, with honours.

Recent Academic Positions

2016 University of Valencia. Dept. of Applied Economics II, Full Professor.

2013 University of Sheffield. Dept. of Economics, UK Reader in Economics

2008 University of California, Davis. United States. Economics Department. Full time visiting Professor

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Visiting Positions

2008-09 2010 (summer) 2012 (summer)

Full-time Visiting Professor, University of California, Davis (USA). Contact: Prof. Giovanni Peri Research Visiting Fellow, SERC, London School of Economics. Contact: Prof. Henry Overman Research Visiting Fellow, University of Sussex. Contact: Dr. Michael Gasiorek

Selected Articles

2016 Examining the migration-trade link using statistical mechanics, Palgrave Communications-Nature (Adriano Barra, Elena Agliari), 2:16021 | DOI: 10.1057/palcomms.2016.2

Examining the impact of visa restrictions on international tourist flows using panel data, Estudios de Economia (With Andrés Artal, Vicente Pallardo), forthcoming

2015 Networks and the Dynamics of Firms’ Export Portfolio: Evidence for Mexico. The World Economy, 39(2), 1-25 (with Juan de Lucio, Raúl Mínguez and Asier Minondo). DOI: 10.1111/twec.12286

Regional export promotion offices and trade margins, Review of World Economy, 151 (1), 145-167 (with Salvador Gil, Jose Antonio Martinez Serrano)

Do new exporters grow so fast?, Applied Economic Letters, 22(4), 330-333 (with Juan de Lucio, Raúl Mínguez and Asier Minondo)

2014 International trade and migrant networks: Is It really about qualifications?, Estudios de Economia , 41(2), 251-260 (with Joan Martín, Guadalupe Serrano)

Does complexity explain the structure of commodity trade?, Canadian Journal of Economics, 46, 3, 928-955 (With Asier Minondo)

2013 Re-examining the migration-trade link using province data: An application of the generalized propensity score, Economic Modelling, 32(13), 247-261 (with Guadalupe Serrano)

The duration of firm-destination export relationships: Evidence from Spain, 1997-2006, Economic Inquiry, 51(1) , 159-180 (with Silvio Esteve, Vicente Pallardo)

Estimating the Gravity Equation with the Actual Number of Exporting Firms, Estudios de Economia, 40(1), 5-19 (With Asier Minondo)

2012 Immigration, factor endowments and the productive structure of Spanish regions, 1996-2005. Regional Studies, 46(7), 927-945 (with Joan Montaner and Guadalupe Serrano)

The trade-enhance effect of immigration networks: new evidence on the

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role of geographic proximity, Economic Letters, 116, 554-557 (with Andrés Artal)

Networks and the disappearance of the intranational home bias, Economic Letters, 116, 178-182 (with Aitor Garmendia, Carlos Llano, Asier Minondo)

2011 Is the border effect an artifact of geographic aggregation?, World Economy, 34 (10), pp. 1771-1787 (with Carlos Llano, Asier Minondo)

The factor content of regional bilateral trade: the role of technology and demand. International Review of Economics and Finance, 20(2) , 157-172 (with Andres Artal, Juana Castillo and Carlos Llano)

The intensive and extensive margins of Spanish trade, 1997-2007. International Review of Applied Economics, 1-17, (with Juan De Lucio, Raúl Mínguez, Asier Minondo)

2010 The Trade Creation Effect of Immigrants: Evidence from the Remarkable Case of Spain, Canadian Journal of Economics, 43(4) 1433-1459 (With Giovanni Peri)

Competitiveness and Interregional as well as International Trade: The Case of Catalonia. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 28, 415-422 (with Pakaj Ghemawat, Carlos Llano)

The border effects in Spain: An industry-level analysis, Empirica, 37, 455-476 (with Carlos Llano)

2009 The Survival of Differentiated Products: An application to the UK Automobile Market, 1971-2002. Manchester School, 77(3), 288-316 (with James Walker)

Factor productivity difference and missing trade problems in a regional HOV model Papers in Regional Science , 94(4), 759-777 (with Andres Artal, Carlos Llano)

El contenido factorial del comercio de España: Análisis desde el ámbito regional. Revista de Economía Aplicada, 51, 103-139 (with A. Artal and Juana Castillo)

2008 Testing Heckscher-Ohlin-Vanek model using Spanish regional data. International Regional Science Review 31 (2), 159-184 (with Andrés Artal, Juana Castillo)

Is Spain a lumpy country? A dynamic analysis of the “lens condition”. Applied Economic Letters, 15, 175-180 (with Andrés Artal, Juana Castillo)

2007 The impact of exchange rate fluctuations on profit margins: The UK car market, Journal of Applied Economics, X (1), May, 213-235 (with James Walker)

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Information spillovers and the choice of export destination: A Multinomial logit analysis of Spanish Young SMEs, Small Business Economics, 28, 69-86 (with Juana Castillo)

Investigating Sales and Advertising Rivalry in the UK Multipurpose Vehicle Market (1995-2002), Journal Economics & Business, 59,163-180 (with James Walker)

2006 Complementarity between local knowledge and internationalisation in regional technological progress, Journal of Regional Science, vol. 46 (5), 901-930 (with Guadalupe Serrano, Enrique López Bazo)

Contrastación empírica del modelo de dotaciones factoriales para el comercio interregional de España, Investigaciones Económicas, vol XXX (3), 539-576 (with A. Artal, J. Castillo)

Calculating Hedonic Prices Indices with Unobserved Product Attributes: An Application to the UK Car Market, Economica, 73, 509-532 (with James Walker)

A cointegration analysis of the car advertising and sales data in the presence of structural change, International Journal of Economics of Business,(with V.Esteve)

2005 The decision to enter and exit foreign markets: evidence from UK SMEs, Small Business Economics, 25 (3), PP. 250-267

Price discrimination and market power in export markets: the case of ceramic tiles, Journal of Applied Economics, vol. VIII ( 2), 347-370

Competition and product survival in the UK car market, Applied Economics, 12, 567-571 (with James Walker)

Changing export status and firm performance: Evidence from UK small firms, Applied Economic Letters, 12, 567-571

2004 Estrategias de diversificación en las exportaciones manufactureras españolas, Revista de Economía Aplicada, n. 33 (vol. XI), 101-120

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Research Projects

Referee for Journal of International Economics, Regional Studies, World Economy, Economica, Revista

de Economia Aplicada, Open Economic Review, International Trade and Economic

Development, Investigaciones regionals.

Determinants of trade and foreign direct investment: the role of firm, product and country heterogeneity. Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINECO2015-68057-R) 1/01/2016 - 31/10/2018 AMOUNT: 11700€. HEAD PROJECT: Prof. D. Salvador Gil The impact of ethnic, institutional and business networks on international and interregional trade. Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICIN ECO2011-27619) 1/11/2011 - 31/10/2014 AMOUNT: 49700€. HEAD PROJECT: Prof. D. Francisco Requena EUROPEAN COMISSION / FEMISE :The Trade Creation Effect Of Immigrants: Characterizing Socioeconomic Opportunities Arising From Linkages Between People´s And Goods’ Flows Inside The Mena Region 1/12/2010 - 31/11/2011 AMOUNT: 55000€ HEAD OF PROJECT:Prof. Andrés Artal Tur PROMETEO/INTECO (PROMETEO/2009/098) "Excellence" Research Group in Economics,Program of Support to R&D Projects, Government of Valencia Region 1/09/2009 - 31/12/2012 AMOUNT: 111000€ HEAD OF PROJECT:Prof. Jose Antonio Martinez The impact of migration flows on the pattern of production specialization and trade. Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (CYCIT 2008-04059) 1/11/2008 - 31/10/2011 AMOUNT: 59000€. HEAD OF PROJECT: Prof. Guadalupe Serrano The impact of migration on the pattern of production specialization and trade. Program of Support to R&D Projects, Government of Valencia Region (GV/2006/324) 1/01/2006- 31/12/2007 AMOUNT: 14000€. HEAD OF PROJECT: Prof. Joan Martí Montaner