Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Jose L. Tongson Author-Workplace-Name: La Salle University Author-Name: Bruce S. Felmingham Author-Workplace-Name: University of Tasmania Title: The Autralian System of Tariff Preferences: ASEAN Experience Abstract: This paper assesses the overall effectiveness of Australia’s preferential scheme in improving the market access of ASEAN imports and quantifies the effects of such preferences on Australia-ASEAN trade. A market model for Australia's imports is developed with its postulates drawn from constrained equilibrium principles. The results indicate the efficacy of the preferences beginning in 1974 when the scheme was revised, but the trade gains derived by the ASEAN countries are marginal. Moreover, they demonstrate that increased trade between Australia and ASEAN can occur without adversely affecting Australia's trade with the nonpreferred countries. The findings further support the view that realization of the potential value of preferences depends on the economic climate in the preference-granting country and the ability of the preference-receiving country to respond to the preference stimulus. Journal: Philippine Review of Economics Pages: 01-21 Volume: 22 Issue: 1&2 Year: 1985 Month: March & June File-URL: http://pre.econ.upd.edu.ph/index.php/pre/article/download/320/348 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:phs:prejrn:v:22:y:1985:i:1&2:p:01-21 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Teruhiko Tomita Author-Workplace-Name: Shiga University, Japan. Title: Japanese Management as Applied in the Philippines Abstract: This paper attempts to examine how the Japanese management system is applied in a different social and cultural framework such as that of the Philippines. The outstanding characteristics of the Japanese management system are described, and its economic rationality for Japanese employers and employees, explained. On the basis of survey results which covered top Japanese managers stationed in the Philippines and Filipino managers, the paper examines the basic Japanese management policy and the extent of its modification in the Philippine setting, It includes an evaluation by Filipino middle managers of this modified system, One of its conclusions is that the Japanese management system is welcomed and its durability seems to be assured if the basic aims and goals that motivate and control an immense amount of Filipino behavior and values are met. Journal: Philippine Review of Economics Pages: 23-57 Volume: 22 Issue: 1&2 Year: 1985 Month: March & June File-URL: http://pre.econ.upd.edu.ph/index.php/pre/article/download/321/362 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:phs:prejrn:v:22:y:1985:i:1&2:p:23-57 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Mark Thompson Author-Workplace-Name: Cambridge University and University of the Philippines Author-Name: Gregory Slayton Author-Workplace-Name: Dartmonth College and University of the Philippines Title: An Essay on Credit Arrangements Between the IMF and the Republic of the Philippines: 1970-1983 Abstract: This paper examines the significant stand-by arrangements between the Philippines and the International Monetary Fund from 1970 to 1983. It discusses the conditions of each agreement and its success in bringing adjustment. It attempts to show the little progress achieved through any of these agreements in effecting short -term adjustments or structural changes, and to explain why the Philippine government, which showed so little interest in adjustment, would conclude an almost unbroken series of credit arrangements with the Fund. The good housekeeping seal of approval, it is argued, indeed resulted from the IMF-Philippine credit agreements and assured the Philippines of a high level of foreign capital in?ows during this period. It is concluded that rather than helping to achieve economic adjustment in the period 1970-1983, IMF credits may have actually enabled the Philippines to postpone measures that could have kept the country from falling into an economic crisis. Journal: Philippine Review of Economics Pages: 59-81 Volume: 22 Issue: 1&2 Year: 1985 Month: March & June File-URL: http://pre.econ.upd.edu.ph/index.php/pre/article/download/322/361 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:phs:prejrn:v:22:y:1985:i:1&2:p:59-81 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Denise J. Cryde Author-Workplace-Name: University of the Philippines, School of Economics Title: Input Interventions and Production Efficiency in Philippine Agriculture Abstract: This article primarily examines the efficiency implications of government interventions affecting major farm inputs in the Philippines, namely, minimum wage legislations, interest rate regulations, foreign exchange controls and tariffs, as well as specific programs on hybrid seed production, fertilizer subsidies, liberalized credit, and irrigation development. While these interventions encompass a variety of instruments that have throughout the years become increasingly prevalent, they are hypothesized to have various adverse effects on production efficiency in Philippine agriculture. Journal: Philippine Review of Economics Pages: 83-108 Volume: 22 Issue: 1&2 Year: 1985 Month: March & June File-URL: http://pre.econ.upd.edu.ph/index.php/pre/article/download/323/364 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:phs:prejrn:v:22:y:1985:i:1&2:p:83-108 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Padma Nath Tiwari Author-Workplace-Name: Center for Economic Development and Administration, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal Title: An Investigation into Agricultural Land Acquisition: A Case Study of Palawan Abstract: This paper aims to investigate the correlates of hectarage accumulation of public agricultural land (homestead) from a set of demographic variables such as age, sex, household size, location, and period of cultivation before the settlers are granted land, It also looks into the constraints imposed by institutional factors. The study covers the homestead grant of public agricultural land in Palawan for 1975. The sample size is 85 households, representing fifty per cent of the population. The results show that the age of the settler is positively associated withh ectarage accumulation. Contrary to expectations, females accumulated more land than males do; this could probably be attributed to the institutional setup and predominantly malesample size. Also, the larger the size of the household, the greater is the hectarage accumulated. The period of cultivation before the settlers are formally granted land has a positive relationship with hectarage. Lastly, distance was also shown to affect the hectarage demanded such that the farther the place from the central developed regions, the higher the hectarage accumulated by the settlers. Journal: Philippine Review of Economics Pages: 109-120 Volume: 22 Issue: 1&2 Year: 1985 Month: March & June File-URL: http://pre.econ.upd.edu.ph/index.php/pre/article/download/324/347 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:phs:prejrn:v:22:y:1985:i:1&2:p:109-120 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Author Title: Abstracts of Dissertations and Theses Journal: Philippine Review of Economics Pages: 121-122 Volume: 22 Issue: 1&2 Year: 1985 Month: March & June File-URL: http://pre.econ.upd.edu.ph/index.php/pre/article/download/632/346 File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:phs:prejrn:v:22:y:1985:i:1&2:p:121-122