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Sonia Ruano Pardo

Staff economist
Banking Analysis and Regulatory Policy Division
Financial Stability Department
DG Banking Regulation

Contact Information

  • Address: Calle Alcalá 48, 28014 Madrid, España
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Fields of Interest

  • No fields of interest specified.

JEL Codes

  • No JEL Codes specified.

Curriculum Vitae

Selected Publications and Working Papers

  • “Why high productivity growth of banks preceded the financial crisis”
    Sonia Ruano, V. Salas-Fumás and A. Martín-Oliver
    Journal of Financial Intermediation - (in press)
    JEL codes: D24, G21
  • “Banks' equity capital frictions, capital ratios and interest rates: Evidence from Spanish banks”
    Sonia Ruano, Vicente Salas-fumás and A. Martín-Oliver (2013-01)
    International Journal of Central Banking (2013) - (forthcoming)
    JEL codes: D24, G21
  • “No bank, one bank, several banks: Does it matter for Investment?”
    Sonia ruano, A. Karaivanov, J. Saurina and R. Townsend (2003-03)
    Banco de España Working Papers - 1003
    JEL codes: C61, D82, D92, G21, G30
  • “Firms’ productivity and export markets: a nonparametric approach”
    Sonia Ruano, Miguel Ángel Delgado, José Carlos Fariñas (2002-02)
    Journal of International Economics - 57 (2), pp. 397,422
    JEL codes: D24, F10, M20, L10
  • “Firms’ productivity, heterogeneity, sunk costs and market selection”
    Sonia Ruano, José Carlos Fariñas (2005-07)
    International Journal of Industrial Organization - 23 (7-8), pp. 505-534
    JEL codes: D24, M20, L10
  • “The dynamics of productivity: a decomposition approach using distribution functions”
    Sonia Ruano, José Carlos Fariñas (2004-04)
    Small Business Economics - 22 (3-4), pp. 237-251
  • “Creación y destrucción bruta de empleo en las empresas industriales españolas”
    Sonia Ruano (2000-01)
    Investigaciones Económicas - 24 (3), pp. 563-584
    JEL codes: L60, J21
  • “Sunk costs, industry dynamics and firm productivity”
    Sonia Ruano, José Carlos Fariñas, Ana Martín Marcos
    Entrepreneurship, Industrial Location and Economic Growth

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