Poverty effects of the Philippines 'tariff reduction program: Insights from a computable general equilibrium analysis

Asian Economic Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 289-319

  Cockburn, John ^a   Corong, Erwin L ^a   Cororaton, Caesar B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computable general equilibrium; Micro simulation; Poverty; The Philippines; Trade reforms

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; POVERTY; TARIFF STRUCTURE; TRADE REFORM;

ASIA; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 52049099691     PISSN: 13513958     EISSN: 14678381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8381.2008.00279.x     Document Type: Article

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