Paper 3: Capital Flight and the Hollowing out of the Philippine Economy in the Neoliberal Regime
Capital flight is the movement of capital from a resource-scarce developing country to avoid soci…
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Edsel L. Beja, Jr. |
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Session 3: Investments |
Paper 4: Investment Incentive System and FDI Inflows: The Philippine Experience
This paper examines the country’s investment incentive program for foreign investors and its succ…
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Rafaelita M. Aldaba |
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Session 3: Investments |
Paper 1: Inspections, Enforcement, and Water Pollution Discharges in Laguna de Bay, Philippines
Monitoring and enforcement are crucial to effecting compliance with pollution control laws; their…
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Lourdes O. Montenegro |
Danilo Israel, Philippine Institute for Development Studies |
Session 4: Mechanisms and Pricing for Sustainable Environmental Resources |
Paper 2: Are People Willing to Pay for Improved Water Supply? Evidence from Metro Manila and Camarines Sur
We compare the results of two contingent valuation studies undertaken in Camarines Sur and Metro …
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Margaret M. Calderon/Josefina T. Dizon |
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Session 4: Mechanisms and Pricing for Sustainable Environmental Resources |
Paper 3: Environmental Conservation for the Present and the Future Generations: Non-Use Values in Environmental Valuation
A basic problem in environmental conservation or attributes preservation and improvement is resou…
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Rodelio F. Subade |
Agustin L. Arcenas, School of the Philippines, University of the Philippines |
Session 4: Mechanisms and Pricing for Sustainable Environmental Resources |
Paper 1: Estimating Food Poverty Directly from Food Consumption Data, Comparison with Official Methodology, and Suggestions for Improving Poverty Monitoring Surveys
We present an alternative method for assessing food poverty or dietary inadequacy that depends on…
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Isidoro P. David/Wilma L. Molano/Emma Fabian/Rechel G. Arcilla/Zita V. Albacea |
Celia M. Reyes, Philippine Institute ef Development Studies, Arsenio M. Balisacan, Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture |
Session 5: Food Poverty Estimation and Poverty Monitoring Surveys |
Paper 1: Inventory of Organizations' Assistance to Local Financial Planning and Management (LFPM) in the Philippines
International organizations and funding agencies through the national government have provided va…
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Aser Javier |
Eliseo Ponce, Philippine Institute for Development Studies, Alex Brillantes, Center for Local and Regional Governance, National College of Public Administration and Governance, University of the Philippines |
Session 6: Making Decentralization Work: Experiences and Lessons in the Last Ten Years (1) |
Paper 2: Strengthening Governance of Devolved Extension Service through the Participatory Extension Management (CBPEM) Approach
This paper presents findings on the extent of influence of the Community-Based Extension Manageme…
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Virginia R. Cardenas |
Eliseo Ponce, Philippine Institute for Development Studies, Alex Brillantes, Center for Local and Regional Governance, National College of Public Administration and Governance, University of the Philippines |
Session 6: Making Decentralization Work: Experiences and Lessons in the Last Ten Years (1) |
Paper 1: The Phillips Curve and Inflation Forecasting: The Case of the Philippines
This paper estimates the Phillips curve for the Philippines and calculates the non-accelerating i…
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Cristeta B. Bagsic |
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Session 7: Monetary Policy (2) |
Paper 2: Modeling the Impact of Overseas Filipino Workers Remittances on the Philippine Economy: An Inter-Regional and Economy-Wide Approach
Remittance inflows to the Philippines have increased substantially as the stock of overseas worke…
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Cristela Goce-Dakila/Francisco G. Dakila, Jr. |
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Session 7: Monetary Policy (2) |
Paper 3: Forensic Economics: The Hidden Balance of Payments of the Philippines
An examination of the available data between 1990 and 2005 reveals that the balance of payments o…
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Edsel L. Beja, Jr |
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Session 7: Monetary Policy (2) |
Paper 1: Strict Rationality, Fear-of-Rejection, and Altruism: Behavior of Proposers among Students in Decision Experiments
This paper reports the results of a series of decision game experiments designed to study the str…
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Ruth H. Francisco/Raul V. Fabella |
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Session 8: Familiar Themes, Fresh Perspectives |
Paper 2: An Analysis of Remittance Recipient Behavior
Current practice in economic literature treats remittance income just like any other income trans…
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Emmanuel San Andres |
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Session 8: Familiar Themes, Fresh Perspectives |
Paper 3: Introducing the National Transfer Accounts (NTA): Estimating the Life-Cycle Deficit and Measuring Economic Flows across Age Groups
We use the National Transfer Accounts (NTA) framework, an accounting system that intends to alloc…
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JM Ian Salas/Rachel Racelis |
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Session 8: Familiar Themes, Fresh Perspectives |
Paper 1: Intrahousehold Resource Allocation, Child Labor, and School Enrollment: Evidence from Rural India
We analyze the determinants of child labor and school enrolment in rural Andhra Pradesh, India, w…
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Nobuhiko Fuwa/Kensuke Kubo/Takashi Kurosaki/Yasuyuki Sawada |
Leonardo A. Lanzona Jr., School of Social Sciences, Ateneo de Manila Universidty |
Session 9: Economics of Human Resources |