00000caa a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862409085 Buklod 20210504163544.0 m | | ta 210706s2015 xx a r |||| u|eng d 16551516 (iLib)UPBAG-00040012100 BAG rda eng ARTICLE-3355 Briones, Roehlano M. author. Impact assessment of national and regional policies using the Philippine Regional General Equilibrium Model Roehlano M. Briones. [Quezon City] School of Economics, University of the Philippines 2015. pages 46-76 illustrations 23 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Title was 'Philippine Review of Business and Economics' until 1979. Title changed to 'Philippine Review of Economics and Business' from 1980-2000, and again changed to 'Philippine Review of Economics' since 2001. Includes bibliographical references (pages 74-76) For the Philippines, a quantitative analysis is more useful for policy if it incorporates regional differences in welfare and economic structure. However, owing to the absence of key regional data, existing computable general equilibrium (cge) models offer limited analysis of regional effects or national impacts of region-specific interventions. This study formulates a regional (cge) model that overcomes these limitations. The applications of the model showed the following: (1) completion of the tariff reform program in agriculture will contract some import-competing sectors in lagging regions, but will improve welfare across all regions; (2) productivity growth in agriculture can more than offset these contractionary effects; (3) investments in marketing infrastructure promise significant pay-offs, though with a trade-off between the size and spread of welfare gains across regions; and (4) combining trade reform with marketing infrastructure investments slightly mitigates some of the contractionary effects from the former. Equilibrium (Economics) Econometric models. Regional economics Econometric models. The Philippine Review of Economics Vol. 52, no. 1 (June 2015), p. 45-76. Request full-text access via UPB University Library through https://forms.gle/KZjBv7aRtY6jiL5E9 FI UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN ARTICLE-3355 Analytics