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Paloma López-García

Staff economist
Economic Policy Analysis Division
Economic Analysis and Forecasting Department
DG Economics, Statistics, and Research

Contact Information

  • Address: Calle Alcalá 48, 28014 Madrid, España
  • e-mail:

Fields of Interest

  • Innovation
  • Firm Demography
  • Business Environment

JEL Codes

  • No JEL Codes specified.

Curriculum Vitae

Selected Publications and Working Papers

  • “Understanding the Spanish Innovation Gap: The Role of Spillovers and Firms' Absorptive Capacity”
    Paloma Lopez-Garcia, Jose Manuel Montero (2010-06)
    Banco de España Working Papers - #1015
  • “What Makes a High-growth Firm in Spain? A Dynamic Probit Analysis Using Firm-level Data”
    Paloma López-García, Sergio Puente (2011-05)
    Small Business Economics - DOI: 10.1007/s11187-011-9321-z
  • “Employment Generation by Small Firms in Spain”
    Paloma Lopez-Garcia, Sergio Puente, Angel Luis Gomez (2009-02)
    Banco de España Occasional Papers - #0903
  • “Business Environment and Labor Market Outcomes in Europe and Central Asia Countries”
    Paloma López-García (2009-01)
    Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance and Business Ventures - 12(4), pp.35-67.
  • “A Comparison of the Determinants of Survival of Spanish Firms across Economic Sectors”
    Sergio Puente, Paloma López-García (2007-06)
    Entrepreneurship, Industrial Location and Economic Growth - eds J.M. Arauzo-Carod and M.C. Manjon-Antolin
  • “Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: Data Collection Design and Implementation 1998-2003”
    Paul Reynolds, Niels Bosma, Erkko Autio, Steve Hunt, Natalie De Bono, Isabel Gervais, Paloma Lopez-Garcia, Nancy Chin (2005-01)
    Small Business Economics - 24(3), pp. 205-231
  • “Start-up Costs and Labour Market Performance: OECD Evidence”
    Paloma López-García (2002-10)
    CESIFO Discussion Paper 849; CEP Discussion Paper 565
  • “Entrepreneurship, Start-up Costs and Employment”
    Raquel Fonseca, Paloma Lopez-Garcia and Christopher A. Pissarides (2001-01)
    European Economic Review Papers and Proceedings - Volume 45, Issue 4-6, pp. 692-705.

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