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    Taxable capacity in asian countries
    (1983-01) Chua, Annie L.
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    Inward foreign direct investment in selected asian countries
    (2008-03) Almojuela, Annie R.; Cuevas, Carmela Paz P.; Reside, Renato E. Jr.
    This paper studies some of the major determinants of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) using data from thirty two Asian economies (Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, South Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam) during the period 1981-2004. Using fixed effects panel data estimation, this paper examines how and to what extent the following factors: previous year's FDI, real GDP, inflation, nominal exchange rate, openness, political stability, illiteracy rate, and infrastructure affect FDI inflows.
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    Price variation of pharmaceutical products across some asian countries
    (2008-10) Dela Cruz, Richard Joseph R.; Rosales, Enriquito Ramon C.; Tan, Edita
    This thesis attempts to explain price discrimination of pharmaceutical products in Asia, particularly India, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines by looking into the market structure of the industry using the structure-conduct-performance paradigm. This thesis will explore the firm's degree of market power and the effort of the industry and the government to prevent arbitrage. The thesis would also look into the differences between the selected countries' pharmaceutical industry.
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    A study of the manpower export program to selected asian countries
    (1986-04) Bautista, Aurora R.; Cordova, Ma. Trinidad A.
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    Electricity pricing: a comparative study on the different power rates among several Asian countries and Meralco for 1996
    (1997-10) del Rosario, Alpha Joyce N.; Campos, Leah Frances A.; Tan, Edita A.