Sofia Izquierdo Sanchez

Sofia Izquierdo Sanchez
University of Huddersfield · Department of Accountancy, Finance, and Economics

Doctor of Philosophy

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Introduction
I am a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Huddersfield. My research interest include: cultural economics, industry studies and creative industries.
Skills and Expertise
Stata Programming
EViews
Latex
Data Analysis
SPSS
Applied Econometrics
Lecturing
Panel Data Econometrics
Applied Economics
Applied Microeconometrics
Additional affiliations
September 2016 - present
University of Huddersfield
University of Huddersfield
  • Economics
  • Huddersfield, United Kingdom
Position
  • Lecturer
September 2014 - August 2016
University of East Anglia
University of East Anglia
  • Centre for Competition Policy
  • Norwich, United Kingdom
Position
  • Senior Researcher
August 2014 - August 2016
University of East Anglia
University of East Anglia
  • School of Economics
  • Norwich, United Kingdom
Position
  • Lecturer
Education
January 2011 - September 2014
Lancaster University
Lancaster University
Field of study
  • Economics

Publications

Publications (8)
Analyzing prerelease consumer buzz and information cascades within the film industry: are there differences by gender and age groups?
Article
  • Jun 2022
Demographic Determinants of Changing Brexit View
Brexit views: Who has changed their mind?
Article
Full-text available
  • Jan 2021
From Publishers to Self-Publishing: Disruptive Effects in the Book Industry
Article
  • Jun 2019
This paper explores the structure of the book publishing industry post digitalisation, analysing the choices of the publishers and authors. The introduction of successful e-book readers has belatedly given digitalisation the characteristics of a disruptive technology by making self-publishing a serious option for authors. This has been supported by...
Fig. 1. Production budget distribution. [Colour figure can be viewed at...
TABLE 1 Summary of the economic contribution of the UK film industry
Fig. 2. Product limit estimator or Kaplan-Meier survival curve. [Colour...
TABLE 2 Distribution of the length of run
+2 Fig. 3. Hazard rate function. [Colour figure can be viewed at...
MANAGING THE SUPPLY OF SHORT-LIFE PRODUCTS. A DURATION ANALYSIS APPROACH USING THE UK FILM INDUSTRY: A Duration Analysis Approach Using the UK Film Industry
Article
Full-text available
  • Dec 2018
Movies are uncertain products. Nobody knows much about them prior to their screening and their attempt to survive in the risky motion picture market week by week. This paper studies short‐life products using the example of the UK film industry, including high and low‐budget films. Using a clog‐log methodology and a sample of 552 films, the empirica...
Figure 1: Market share of independent labels 2008-2016 58
Digitalisation and Intermediaries in the Music Industry: The Rise of the Entrepreneur?
Article
Full-text available
  • Oct 2018
Figure 1. Actors' average real wages, 1930-2015 (1983=0)  
Figure 2. Histogram of Actor's Earnings for 2006  
Figure 4. Overall and upper-half Wage Inequality
Figure 5. Actor and Actress Mean annual salaries, 1980-2015
+1 Table 6 . Oaxaca decomposition
Hollywood's Wage Structure and Discrimination
Working Paper
Full-text available
  • Jan 2017
Figure 1: Traditional structure  
Figure 2: Number of authors by year of first published book  
Table 2 : UK 4-firm concentration ratio
Table 3 : List of main players
+4 Table 4 : levels of success
From publishers to self From publishers to self-publishing: The disruptive effects of digitalisation on the book industry
Working Paper
Full-text available
  • Dec 2016
Substitution between leisure activities: a quasi-natural experiment using sports viewing and cinema attendance
Article
  • Feb 2016
The allocation of time between leisure activities and work has been extensively analysed in academic literature. However, leisure time is limited and there may not be sufficient time to enjoy all the leisure activities desired. Hence, this article considers the allocation of time between substitute leisure activities. International football tournam...

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PhD thesis
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