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    Can Imports Discipline Collusive Firms?: The Case of the Philippine Cement Industry

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2008
    Applying a conjectural variations (CV) model introduced by Haskel and Scaramozzino (H&S model 1997), the paper examines the impact of trade liberalization on the Philippine cement industry where alleged cartel activities have taken place after the entry of the world's Big Three cement firms: Holcim, Cemex, and Lafarge.
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    Benefit Incidence of Public Spending on Education in the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2007
    Government education spending is expected to improve the well-being of beneficiaries and enhance their capability to earn income in the future. In this sense, directing education expenditures to the poor holds a promise for breaking the intergenerational transmission of poverty.
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    A Simple Poverty Scorecard for the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2007
    How poor are participants of development projects in the Philippines? This paper uses the 2002 Annual Poverty Indicators Survey to construct an easy-to-use objective poverty scorecard that estimates the likelihood that a participant has income below the national poverty line. The scorecard uses 10 simple indicators that field workers can quickly collect and verify.
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    Institutional sphere contribution to human development: an institutional approach

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2011
    The institutions have been considered as a major determinant of development with the new institutional economics. The main objective of this paper is to emphasise the importance of integrating the institutional indicator component for evaluating human development.
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    Implementing Southwest corridor linking Asia-Europe: a Cambodian perspective

    Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace, 2008
    The whole world is closely watching the rise of Asian economies as for the last several decades, economic growth in the region accelerated rapidly, especially South East Asia, India and China. Trade between Asian countries and between Asia and Europe expanded to unexpected level.
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    Econometric Analysis of the Export-led Growth Hypothesis: Evidence for BIMP-EAGA Countries

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2007
    This paper employs several econometric methods to test the validity of the "export-led growth" hypothesis in three BIMP-EAGA countries, i.e., the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Firstly, the study uses Johansen cointegration test and Granger causality test to examine the relationship between export and gross domestic product (GDP) in each of these countries.
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    A Cautionary Note on the Interpretation of Unit Labor Costs as an Indicator of Competitivenes, with Reference to the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2007
    This note shows that unit labor costs, the most widely used measure of competitiveness, are equivalent to the labor share in output multiplied by a price-adjustment factor. This has three main implications. First, unit labor costs are not just a technical concept.
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    A Review of High School Economics in the Philippines: 1902-2005

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2007
    Economics is an important component of social science instruction in secondary level education in the Philippines. This paper aims to trace the evolution of economics education in Philippine high school through a review of all available textbooks, from the very beginning of the institution of the subject.
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    Firm-Level Determinants of Export Performance: Evidence from the Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2007
    The paper determines the factors affecting the export performance of firms in three main manufacturing sectors in the Philippines. Specifically, firm-level characteristics like firm size, firm age, and foreign affiliation are identified and statistically tested to determine if they affect a firm's capability to export.
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    Policy and Regulatory Issues and Challenges in Microinsurance: A Philippine Case

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2007
    When poor households face catastrophic events, they do not have any means for risk protection. Access to formal risk protection schemes such as insurance may be a more effective means to minimize the poor households' losses but traditional mainstream insurance has bypassed informal workers and poor households.

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