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Item Restricted An analysis of Philippine government regulations(1987-03) Abellera, Zardi M.D.; Moreno, Honorata A.Item Restricted Targeting the gamblers: a tool for public policy decision-making(2004-03) Hernandez, Wincel P.; Lee, Nikki Rose M.; Quimbo, Stella A.The goal of this study is to identify the socio-demographic characteristics of gamblers and evaluate the effectiveness of targeting tools for public policy targeting purposes. Maximum Likelihood estimation methods were used to estimate four logit models of gambling participation among Filipinos. The forms of gambling were subdivided into legal and illegal in order to establish the distinction between the characteristics of legal and illegal gamblers. The legal forms include Lotto, Casino, Bingo, Cockfighting, Sweepstakes, and Racing. The illegal forms include Casino Internet, Jaialai, Jueteng, Mahjong, Card Games, Masiao, Sakla, Ending in Basketball, Billiards, Two-Digit and Two-Ball Bingo. Individual characteristics such as age, gender, educational attainment, language, marital status, employment status and work sector were used. In addition, the relationship of geography (locale, area, province), institution (religion), media access (radio, TV, newspaper) and income towards gambling were tested. The General Gambling Model reflects the results of the Illegal Gambling Model, with minimal variations from the Legal Gambling Model. From these, it has been found that individuals from the younger age groups are more likely to participate in gambling. Males, as well as the less educated, reveal positive relationships with gambling. Urbanity, employment sector as well as Catholicism play a major role in the determination of gambling participation. These gamblers have access to the radio, and television stations, particularly ABS-CBN and GMA, and the tabloid Tempo. Income is inversely related to gambling, most especially in illegal forms but directly related to gambling participation in legal forms. Lastly, the capacity for correct prediction of each targeting tool was evaluated. Provincial targeting (Geographic 2) is the most effective targeting tool for illegal gambling since it has the largest percentage of correctly predicted cases and it appears to be cost-efficient as well. In this line, if the government aims to pursue proposed legalization or prohibition of illegal gambling activities, or chooses to target those who participate in illegal forms of gambling, information are already presented in this paper. It is recommended that further studies should consider evaluating the efficiency of targeting tools based on undercoverage and leakage rates. Information on the frequency and duration of gambling participation as well as the amount of bet wagered in gambling may also be taken into consideration.Item Restricted A study in the economics of carnapping(1987-03-12) Cruz, Winston O.Item Restricted Should the government continue the Pag-ibig fund program?(1988-03) Dungo, Florinio N. Jr.; Ong, Jerome D.Item Restricted Public policy and political competition(2004-03) Daza, Catherine G.; Sto. Tomas, Blessie Marie D.This paper investigates the effect of political competition on public policy. Using cross-section data of the 78 provinces in the Philippines in years 1999-2001, we attempted to define the impact of the presence of political competition to the local chief executives' (governors) priority on economic promotion as defined by increases in expenditure on economic services. We hypothesized a positive link between these two variables-- i.e. political competition motivates politicians to perform better (be more development-oriented). However, contrary to what most of the literature suggest, the results show that, ceteris paribus, political competition does not necessarily motivate politicians to perform better.Item Restricted The economic cost of morality: a jueteng case: how does legalized jueteng impact the society?(2009-10) Regala, Eunice Loi M.; Torrenueva, Jay C.The operative word in describing jueteng in the Philippine Society is impunity - Everyone knows it, but no one is caught. Jueteng has been widely perceived as deeply rooted in the Filipino Culture. In fact, jueteng-related activities start from the ordinary market vendor and may end up to the president of the Philippines. Yet the numbers game of the "masses" remains to be illegal. Numerous legislators attempted to legalize the game but to no avail. So to end this much-heated debate, the topic must be tackled objectively. Hence, we ask the question, "How does legalized jueteng impact the society?" An earlier study provides a monetary cost-benefit analysis if jueteng is legalized. Based from the lndon Study, the legalization option is the optimal solution. However, monetary benefits do not embody the whole economic cost of legalization. For this reason, the researchers looked at the benefits and costs in the following sectors: individual, enterprise, government, and society. This is done to further analyze the socioeconomic impacts and economic implications of legalization. This study aims to determine why jueteng, although a popular game of the masses, remains an illegal form of gambling. The study discusses the socioeconomic benefits and costs of legalized jueteng, focusing on the role of morality and social cost - if earlier findings can be applied in the Philippine context - and if its impact is greater than the benefits of legalized jueteng so as to fight off the game's legalization. Morality degradation is the strongest argument against legalization. Nevertheless, based on the researchers' analysis, even though morality is marginally degraded in legalized jueteng, the corruption resulting from illegal gambling is greatly reduced. This reduction in corruption may offset the effects of morality degradation. Therefore, legalization of jueteng, setting the monetary benefits aside, truly does make economic sense.