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    Stormy politics: an analysis about natural disaster aid & its effect on the incidence of corruption in the Philippines
    (2011-03) Ignacio, Maria Paulna Q.; Zayco, Patricia C.; Desierto, Desiree A.
    Could the Philippines' vulnerability to natural disasters be a reason for the extensive corruption in the The The frequent occurrence of natural disasters in the country generates provision of calamity aid from local and international institutions - serving as another source for corruption acts.
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    A cross country analysis on the effects of corruption on investments
    (2001-03) Faner, Miladel L.; Mina, Ma. Angelique C.; Lim, Joseph Y.
    This paper is a cross-country analysis discussing the impact of corruption on investments. The model used is the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) Method employing the Gross Domestic Investment (GDI) and Foreign .Direct Investment (FDI) as the dependent variables and the indices on corruption given by the Political Risk Survey's (PRS) International Country Risk Guide (ICRG) and Transparency International (TI) as the independent variables. This paper also incorporates other factors that determine investments such as domestic credit, inflation rate, export orientation, GDP growth rate and GDP per capita.
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    Crime does pay: a cross-country analysis of the macroeconomic implications of money laundering
    (2001-10) Katimbang, Paul Anthony Castillo; Tomboc, Gmeleen Faye Bambalan; Lim, Joseph
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    Clicking bribes away: the role of e-government in the fight against corruption
    (2006-03) Epetia, Ma. Christina F.; Yabut, Jonathan Allen S.; Alburo, Florian
    Among the most vicious and rampant problems of public governance worldwide, corruption seems to top the list both on accounts of history and magnitude of effects on the economy. With the abundance of literature covering the causes and consequences of corruption, this paper concentrates on what can be done to fight it by stressing the revolutionary role of e-government in the age of information technology. The authors empirically conclude that higher levels of e-government lead to lower levels of corruption, surveying across 50 countries across four years. The purpose of utilizing e- government to combat corruption is twofold: to increase the quantity and quality information circulating in the economy that fosters government transparency and political accountability, and to lessen opportunities for bribe charging by making transactions between the government and the citizen impersonal through the use of the Internet.
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    Do high relative perceptions of corruption lead to lower levels and rates of investment?
    (2007-10) Dalugdug, Aileen Kaye B.; Lu, Toni Joy L.; Carlos, Fidelina
    This paper is an attempt to measure the effect of corruption on domestic investment relative to other investment determinants and to test the robustness of that effect. It builds upon the cross-country empirical study by Mauro (1995) on corruption and economic growth and updates it by focusing on the effect of corruption perceptions on investment decisions alone, and by examining any change on the corruption-perceptions effect among different country-income and regional groups. This paper finds that, controlling for government policy, initial output conditions and labor-force quality in 47 countries, low corruption perceptions retain a significant impact on investment levels as a proportion of gross domestic product for all countries. The impact is magnified in low-income countries.
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    How does corruption, income and government spending affect tertiary enrollment?
    (2010-03) Alberto, Edeline O.; Desierto, Desiree
    This paper uses cross-sectional data for 70 countries to examine the effect of public spending on different levels of education and the effect of income and corruption on the tertiary enrollment. The results of the regressions showed that income and government spending on basic education have a positive effect on tertiary enrollment. Government spending in tertiary education has a greater effect in increasing enrollment in countries with low level of corruption than in countries with higher level of corruption. Also, increasing tertiary enrollment through government spending in tertiary education is more effective in countries with lower income that those with higher income.
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    Cause of corruption
    (1999-10) Azurin, Paolo Antonio; Pajarillo, Jean Paula; Reside, Renato E. Jr.
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    An economic analysis of corruption in the Philippines from 1990-1998
    (1999-10) Frivaldo, Florence D,; Pascua, Lianne Ivy Q.; Herrin, Alejandro N.
    Although the relation between corruption and sustainable development is complex, there is consensus that a high level of corruption in a country has adverse effects on its growth and development. There is, at present, a wealth of economic models that aim to analyze the different aspects of corruption. The aim of this paper is to provide an analysis with the different corruption cases that occurred in the Philippines from 1990-1998 using various economic models. The models discussed in this paper are grouped according to three approaches- the principal- agent problem, the industrial organization paradigm and rent-seeking behavior. In order to facilitate the analysis, corrupt activities were grouped according to the government branch where they were committed. Due to the different natures of corrupt practices, not all the models can be used to explain their nuances and implications. For instance, the two types of judicial corruption (i.e. bribery and undue use of authority for personal benefit) could be explained using all the models except Rose Ackerman's model for the bidding process. Similarly, all models can also be used to explain corrupt practices committed by the members of the executive branch. Legislative corruption is best explained by the principal-agent problem approach and rent-seeking behavior.
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    The effects of perceived corruption on foreign direct invest
    (2001-03-23) Cabral, Ma. Lenina Tanya R.; Yia, Germaine A.
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    Capital flows, corruption and government instability in the Philippines (1986-2005)
    (2006-10) Ang, Rachelle A.; De Leon, Ronnel Vergel E.
    This paper explores the possible impact of corruption and government instability on long- term direct investments and short-term portfolio investments in the Philippines. The study is based on three traditional approaches to study the determinants of capital flows: investment climate, portfolio diversification and "push and pull" approach. Regression using the OLS method is employed in this study to see if corruption and government instability have any significant effect on capital flows. We also compare the results for long-term direct investments to that of short-term portfolio investments. Results suggest that indeed, corruption has adverse impacts on capital flows. Through comparison, we also see that direct investment is more sensitive to corruption than portfolio investments. Government instability, on the other hand, has been found to be negatively correlated with net capital flows but statistically insignificant in the determination of the net flows.