During the School’s Recognition Rites for the 2013/14 graduates, the 2014 G.P. Sicat and FMAP Awards Committee, composed of Profs. Stella Quimbo, Cielo Magno, and Marjorie Pajaron, announced the awards for the best undergraduate papers for SY 2013-2014.

2014 G.P. Sicat Awards for Best Thesis

First Best Paper

“It Takes Concentration : Measuring the Impact of Agglomeration on Growth”

Second Best Paper

“Stochastic Projections of Philippine Rice Self-Sufficiency Amid Climate Variability”

Third Best Paper

“An evaluation of the targeting performance of the regional offices in the implementation of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program”

Fund Manager’s Association of the Philippines (FMAP) Best Monetary and Financial Economics Thesis Award

“Do Relative Yield Curve Factors Help Predict PH-US Exchange Rate Movements?”

These were selected from a total of twenty-two (22) papers nominated by instructors in Economics 199 courses.

Author/s	Title	Adviser
Pilarta, Wilbert A. and Agbayani P. Pingol II	The impact of CCT program on child labor: the case of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program in the Philippines	Carlos, F.
Jimenes, Kenneth Joseph C. and Allan Franklin E. Sampang	Determinants of domestic regional tourism flows in the Philippines using a gravity-based model	Carlos, F.
Costales, Lesley Astrid A. and Patricia Georgina B. Gonzales	It Takes concentration : measuring the impact of agglomeration on growth.	Alonzo, R.
Ubaldo, Victor Cesar I. and Gabriel Antonio M. Mendoza	Quantifying stock market trading behavior using google trends: the Philippine case	Alonzo, R.
Baluyan, Maria Jannie Luiza C. and Kim Philip S. Salazar	Wealth as an extra-legal factor in judicial decision making: probing the party capability theory in the Philippine context	Ducanes, G.
Castro, Adrian Christian S. and John Paulo G. delas Nieves	Adult labor supply effects of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program : a cross-sectional analysis	Ducanes, G.
Tong, Maurice Alexis Z.	The relationship of household income and children’s outcomes: an analysis using longitudinal data from the Philippines	Horioka, C.
Crisostomo, Samantha Carissa D. and Rafael Vincent B. Mirafuente	Measuring and monitoring the pace and pattern of inclusive growth in the Philippines	Horioka, C.
Biscocho, Jessica Ruth G. and Margarita Samantha Gonzales	Price and cross-price effects on MRT elasticity: finding the instruments of change for optimal MRT fare setting	Horioka, C.
Bondad, Nicole Danika s. and Queennie O. Mindanao	Estimating tenure choice and housing demand in the Philippines	Horioka, C.
Claro, Maria Ryna Angelica T. and Mark Carmelo R. Manguera	The economics of voting behavior and Filipino altruism	Lim, J.
Damian, Paulo S. and Celina Rachel T. Umali	Is income the best happiness pill? Analyzing the effect of income on the poor’s subjective well-being	Lim, J.
De Vera, Janine P. and Angeli Gabrielle F. Medida	Impact of living arrangements on schooling outcomes: a case study on Metropolitan Cebu using fixed effects estimation	Lim, J.
Bustamante, Rupert Jeremiah A. IV	Cultural economics : a theoretical approach to valuing Philippine contemporary art	Reside, R.
Crisostomo, Ma. Chairmane R. and Mariel Angeli R. Quines	Default risk in microfinance : an analysis of the institutional constraints of microfinance organizations in the Philippines	Reside, R.
Miranda, Erol Louis V. and Mark Daniel P. Valenzuela	Exploring the relationship of non-academic utilization of the internet and academic productivity with a focus on University of the Philippines Diliman students	Reside, R.
Mangosing, Daniell Mark L.	The looming electricity conundrum: real-time price elasticity of demand of electricity and the possibility of market power	Reside, R.
Cainglet, Jade M. and Christell Jill R. Garcia	An evaluation of the targeting performance of the regional offices in the implementation of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program	Solon, O.
Coronel, Lianca Patrice P., Jose F. Yambao III	Political dynasty intensity in the local governments of Metro Manila	Balanquit, R.
Nacar, Nadine S. and Rodelyn L. Rodillas	Determinants of teacher shortages in Philippine public secondary schools (SY 2005-2006 to 2010-2011)	Gonzales, M.
Lim, Johannah D. and Sabrina Mae L. Ong	Do relative yield curve factors help predict PH-US exchange rate movements?	Gonzales, M.
Cuerdo , Allen Bryan M. And Redbert Chris T. Maines	Stochastic Projections of Philippine Rice Self-Sufficiency Amid Climate Variability	Clarete R.