Yap, Josef T. - Matches

With the recent proliferation of regional and bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs) not only involving East Asian countries but others around the wor..

Regional economic integration in East Asia has gained momentum in the aftermath of the 1997 financial crisis and the escalation of international terro..

What's in store for us this year? Dr. Josef Yap provides us, in this issue, with yet another forecast for the year. He stresses, as he has done in eac..

Competitiveness is technically a firm level concept. However, it is oftentimes extended to the national level--the idea of a country's 'international ..

The output gap is the difference between the economy’s actual output and potential output, with the latter being the level of production consistent ..

Should the various currencies in East Asia led by the Chinese yuan be appreciated or revalued? Dr. Josef Yap examines the levels of valuation of these..

What will 2003 offer for the Philippine economy? Will this be another year of struggle for the whole nation? Or will there be plenty of opportunities ..

One result of the 1997 East Asian financial crisis was greater awareness of the need for closer financial and monetary cooperation. This paper makes a..

This paper surveys the development of macroeconometric and CGE models in the Philippines during the period 1990-2002, primarily in terms of their stru..

The improved performance of the Philippine economy during the 4th quarter of 2001 has stirred analysts to forecast a more positive outlook for the cou..

The performance of the Philippine economy from 1987 to 1997 can be summed up in two statements. One, despite significant gains in almost all sectors, ..

The introduction of the concept of a personal equity and retirement account through house bills number 2827, 28, 192, 1665, 1757 and 2648 has raised c..

Criticism against large-scale macroeconometric models built in the tradition of the Cowles Commission approach began to mount in the late 1960s. These..

The recent spate of banking and currency crises has underscored the need to develop early warning systems. These are based on economic indicators of v..

Dollarization denotes the use of a foreign currency in any of its three functions: unit of account, means of exchange and store of value. In terms of ..