• THE IMPACT OF PHILIPPINES' CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM ON CONSUMPTION 

  Tutor, Melba (UP School of Economics, 2014-04)

  Abstract With 3.9 million beneficiary households and a Php66.4 billion budget, Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (Pantawid Pamilya) is the country's largest poverty reduction program. Patterned after conditional cash ...

• CALENDAR EFFECTS IN THE PHILIPPINE STOCK EXCHANGE: NEW EVIDENCE AND EFFICIENCY IMPLICATIONS 

  Patagan, Remrick (UP School of Economics, 2014-05)

  ABSTRACT Calendar effects, or above-nonnal returns associated with certain calendar time periods, are a well-documented phenomenon in economics and finance. This study examines calendar effects in the Philippine Stock ...

• Pricing a Prizefight: Do Fighters' Statistics Influence Viewer - Interest in Pay-Per-View· Boxing? 

  Lalisan, Allan Albert (UP School of Economics, 2014-05)

  Abstract This paper tests to see if putting championship belts at stake in pay-per-view boxing title fights has any impact on consumer interest as measured by the revenues earned by the event, and if revenues are similarly ...

• THE TIMING OF RETIREMENT: A STUDY OF PENSIONERS UNDER THE PHILIPPINE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM 

  Esteban, Cherrylyn (UP School of Economics, 2014-04)

  ABSTRACT Using the micro-level data on retirement pensioners from the Philippine Social Security System (SSS), we estimate the impacts of the option value-based retirement incentives and other non-financial determinants ...

• Using Engel's Law to delineate the middle class 

  Dinglasan, Katrina May (UP School of Economics, 2014-05)

  Abstract This paper seeks to improve upon existing indicators of middle class membership by analyzing household consumption patterns using the Engel's Law, a well-established empirical regularity observed in household ...

• FDI Financial Development and Growth: AN ARDL Cointegration Approach for the Philippines 

  Dagli, Suzette (UP School of Economics, 2014-08)

  This study explores the long-run and short-run links among FDI, financial development and growth in the Philippines using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach to cointegration found in Pesaran ...

• A theoretical and empirical analysis on the relationship between payment schemes and physician quality 

  Calub, Renz Adrian (UP School of Economics, 2014-05)

  Abstract Physicians are expected to provide the best health care to their patients; however, it cannot be discounted that their practice is driven primarily by incentives. Empirical and theoretical studies have elaborated ...

• Estimating the Utilization Rates of Bilateral Tubal Ligation Services in 2008 and 2011 with Missing Information on the Year when the Procedure was Undertaken 

  Cabarles, Ma. Aizl (UP School of Economics, 2014-04)

  ABSTRACT Estimation of annual use rates for bilateral tubal ligation (BTL) service is essential for program planning since it serves as basis in determining the resource requirements to ensure availability of BTL service. ...

• The continuum of maternal care and its effects on neonatal survival in the Philippines Testing the WHO recommendations 

  Bundoc, Filipinas (UP School of Economics, 2014-04)

  Abstract Progress reports on the Millennium Development Goals underscore the need to reduce neonatal mortality in order to meet the country's targets for child mortality. This paper examines the importance of pregnant ...

• Taxation in the Philippines during the American period, 1898-1941 

  Reyes, Kenneth (UP School of Economics, 2015-12-08)

  ABSTRACT This paper explores several aspects of the Philippine tax system during the American colonial period. It draws attention to the tax structure's mismatch with the Philippine economy following its design 'from ...

• "An Empirical Analysis of Government Provision of Private Goods versus Public Goods in the Philippine Agriculture Sector" 

  Palis, Tamara (UP School of Economics, 2015-06)

  Despite its importance in the economy, the agriculture sector and its stakeholders are beset with problems pertaining to slow growth and persistent poverty. This situation is said to be reflective, in large part, of the ...

• Corruption Perceptions in the Asian Public Sector: An Econometric Analysis on the factors that relate to its prevalence 

  Ontoy, Christopher (UP School of Economics, 2015-06)

  Corruption continues to be one of the greatest obstacles to economic development. Though happening both in the developed and developing world, the impact of corruption is felt strongest in developing countries. Using ...

• ECONOMY-WIDE IMPACTS OF WATER REALLOCATION DECISION: A COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM APPROACH 

  Lamberte, Albert (UP School of Economics, 2015-11)

  This study examines the economy-wide effects of water reallocation decision. It takes off from the point that the existing surface water supply cannot be increased by tapping groundwater or building new dams which could ...

• Intra-household Food Allocation in the Philippines using a National Food Consumption Data 

  Javier, Charina (UP School of Economics, 2015-01)

  This study looked into the factors that determine the intra-household fooct · allocation among Filipinos and its implications on the nutritional status of household members especially women and young children. It adopted ...

• The Impact of Basel III Implementation on ASEAN Financial Integration 

  Hao, Nicole Ranna (UP School of Economics, 2015-01)

  This paper seeks to examine the impact of Basel ill implementation in the ASEAN5 region, taking into account the upcoming ASEAN financial integration. It attempts to provide information on the Basel Accords and a background ...

• BI-LEVEL ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF INCOME ON HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURE IN THE PHILIPPINES 

  Garcia, Kairon Shayne (UP School of Economics, 2015-07)

  This study investigates the effect of income on health care expenditure in both the household and regional levels. The data from 1997 to 2009 from the Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) were utilized to construct ...

• ESTIMATING THE EFFECTS OF "FAMILY DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS" ON THE UTILIZATION OF ANTE-NATAL CARE IN THE PHILIPPINES 

  Flores, Ayan Hazelle (UP School of Economics, 2015-06)

  Universal access to antenatal care (ANC) services is an important pathway to reducing maternal mortality rates (MMR). To promote ANC availment, the Philippines' conditional cash transfer program, the Pantawid Pamilyang ...

• The luxury Tax and Competitive Balance in Professional Sports Leagues: A Case Study of the Philippine Basketball Association 

  Flaminiano, John Paul (UP School of Economics, 2015-12)

  Using the NoH-Scully (NS) and Gini coefficient measures of competitive balance, this paper examines the effects of the reverse-order draft system and salary caps on competitive balance (CB) in the Philippine Basketball ...

• Cooperative Solution in a Hawk-Dove Game 

  Abesamis, Jerome (UP School of Economics, 2015-01)

  This paper reexamines the equilibrium solutions of the typical HawkDove game that is commonly used in the analysis of conflict. Consistent with recent empirical studies, I show that the cooperative solution (Dove, Dove) ...

• Determinants of Access to Finance: Firm Characteristics, Institutional Environment and Informal Payments 

  Timbang, Michael (UP School of Economics, 2016-06)

  Access to finance is crucial to economic development. The important policy question is: What determines firms’ access to finance? This paper seeks to address this question by exploring the impact of firm-level characteristics ...

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