Professor Emeritus

Selected Publications / Discussion Papers

Publications—

• “Evaluating the Philippine Primary Education System,” International Journal of Educational and Psychological Assessment,” Volume 5 (September 2010), pp. 255-264. [Download here]
• “Philippines: Fiscal Behavior in Recent History,” Philippine Review of Economics, June 2010. [Download here]
• “Decentralization in the Philippines After Ten Years: What Have We Learned?” in Shinichi Ichimura and Roy Bahl, editors, Decentralization Policies in Asian Development, Singapore: World Scientific, 2009. [Download here]
• “General Equilibrium Calculation of Tax Collection Costs for Border and Domestic Taxes: the Case of the Philippines,” with Ramon Clarete, in Guillermo Perry, John Whalley and Gary McMahon, editors, Fiscal Reform and Structural Change in Developing Countries, Vol. 2, London: Macmillan, 2000. [Download here]
• “Foreword” in Magdalena L Mendoza (ed), Measuring Good Governance in the Philippines, Development Academy of the Philippines, Pasig City, Philippines, December 2000.
• “Local Governments’ Expenditures for Social Services Delivery, in Asian Development Bank and the World Bank, The New Social Policy Agenda in Asia: Proceedings of the Manila Social Forum, Manila, August 2000.
• “Beyond the Basics: The Philippine Case,” in Salvatore Schiavo-Campo, Governance, Corruption and Public Financial Management, Manila: Asian Development Bank, November 1999. [Download here]
• “Exchange Rate Policy: Recent Failures and Future Tasks,” Public Policy, 1, No.1 (October-December 1997), with Emmanuel S. de Dios and others.
• “Philippines: Public Sector Employment Pattern, Priorities and Policies,” in Emmanuel Esguerra and Kazuhisa Ito, Employment, Human Capital and Job Security: Recent Perspectives on the Philippine Labor Market, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan, 1997. [Download here]
• “Financial Reforms and Credit Finance for Local Governments,” in Raul Fabella and Kazuhisa Ito, Financial Sector Issues in the Philippines, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan, 1996. [Download here]
• “Fiscal Policy for Sustainable Growth,” in R. Fabella and H. Sakai, Towards Sustained Growth, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan, 1995. [Download here]
• “Budgeting in the Philippines: In Search of Political Discipline and Technical Expertise,” Policy Review, 2, No. 1 (January-March 1995).
• “Taxes and Public Sector Resource Mobilization,” in R. Fabella and H. Sakai, Resource Mobilization and Resource Use in the Philippines, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan, 1994. [Download here]
• “Debt Service and the Budget Process,” Policy Review, 1, No. 1 (January-March 1994).
• “Structural Adjustment Policies and the Role of Tax Reform,” Asian Development Review, 11, No. 2 (1993).

Discussion Papers—

• “Of Budget Rules and Fiscal Outcomes: The Philippine Case”, School of Economics, University of the Philippines, September 2010 [forthcoming]
• “Economic and Fiscal Policy Determinants of Public Deficits: The Philippine Case,” Discussion Paper No. 0702, School of Economics, University of the Philippines, February 2007.
• “The Economy on a Cusp: The Proposed VAT amendments and their larger significance,” Discussion Paper No. 0505, School of Economics, University of the Philippines, March 2005, with Emmanuel S. de Dios and nine other Economics professors from the U.P. School of Economics.
• “Reforming the Philippine Tax System: Lessons from Two Tax Reform Programs,” Discussion Paper No. 0502, School of Economics, University of the Philippines, March 2005.
• “The Deepening Crisis: The Real Score on Deficits and the Public Debt,” Discussion Paper No. 0409, School of Economics, University of the Philippines, August 2004, with Emmanuel S. de Dios and nine other Economics professors from the U.P. School of Economics.
• “ Decentralization in the Philippines After Ten Years: What Have We Learned? What Have I Learned?” Discussion Paper No. 0308, School of Economics, University of the Philippines, December 2003.

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