00000caa a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862409088 Buklod 20210504164513.0 m | | ta 210706s2015 xx r |||| u|eng d 16551516 (iLib)UPBAG-00040012103 BAG rda eng ARTICLE-3358 Agregado, Josemaria Gabriel V. author. Does judicial quality matter for firm performance? Josemaria Gabriel V. Agregado, Jose Maria Marella, Toby C. Monsod. [Quezon City] School of Economics, University of the Philippines 2015. pages 77-94 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 89-91) A sound legal environment is said to be good for business to the extent that it protects property rights, enforces contracts, and ensures the consistency of policies. By lowering uncertainty and contracting costs, a better judiciary is expected to encourage business investments. We test if this hypothesis holds in the Philippine setting by examining whether and how judicial quality is significant to firm-level growth. We construct a quantitative measure of judicial quality, a Judicial Quality Index, using principal components analysis on a diagnostic survey dataset of judges across 13 regions, and we use this in a regression analysis of firm-level growth using data from micro, small, and medium enterprises across 34 Philippine cities. Judiciary Philippines. Law partnership Philippines. Law and economics. Marella, Jose Maria L. author. Monsod, Toby C. author. The Philippine Review of Economics Vol. 52, no. 1 (June 2015), p. 77-94. Request full-text access via UPB University Library through https://forms.gle/KZjBv7aRtY6jiL5E9 FI UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN ARTICLE-3358 Analytics