The high school of credit Oficial (ICO) and the School of Economic and Business Sciences of the University of Navarra have signed a agreement of partnership under which they will collaborate in subject of research in SMEs.

Specifically, the ICO will provide data that will help to study the impact of the loan programs offered by the public entity at the business level, always ensuring compliance with the current rules and regulations in subject treatment and protection of data.

According to School researchersGermán López-Espinosa and Antonio Moreno Ibáñez, this agreement will help determine the impact of loan programs by evaluating their effect, among other dimensions, on employment, income and the probability of financial difficulties. In addition, special attention will be paid to the impact of the countercyclical policy developed by the ICO.

In addition, ICO's Office of Student Affairs together with the aforementioned professors will develop a methodology that can serve as a basis for future impact analysis of the high school programs.

In the signature of agreement participated the Dean the School, Ignacio Ferrero, the president of the ICO, Pablo Zalba, as well as the researchers Germán López Espinosa and Antonio Moreno Ibáñez.