Recent Research Work
Gaw, F., Bunquin, J.B., Cabbuag, S., Lanuza, J.M., Sapalo, N., & Yusoph, A. (2023). Political Economy of Covert Influence Operations in the 2022 Philippine Elections. Internews. https://internews.org/resource/political-economy-of-covert-influence-operationsin-the-2022-philippine-elections/
This report investigates the political economy of covert influence in the 2022 Philippine Elections, with a focus on social media influencers involved in covert political campaigning. This study is funded by Internews under its Six-Track Engagement Against Disinformation Initiative (STEAD-i).
Presented at the 2023 Annual meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers will be in Philadelphia, USA.
Media mentions: Rappler, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Manila Bulletin, Philippine Star
Pre-PhD Research Work
Here are some of my research work before I started my PhD studies at Bocconi.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
“The ADB COVID-19 Policy Database: A Guide to Understanding Changes in Sectoral Balances and Private Sector Financial Positions in 2020.” Asian Development Review, vol. 38, no. 02, 2021, pp. 1–29., https://doi.org/10.1142/s0116110521500062 (with Felipe, Jesus and Fulwiller, Scott)
"Impact of Advertisements on Philippine Financial Service Firms' Stock Returns". Philippine Management Review, 28: 25-36, 2021, https://pmr.upd.edu.ph/index.php/pmr/article/view/353 (with Centeno, Dave).
Business Cases
“Potato Corner: Expansion into the world’s largest markets. Cases in International Business, UP Business Research Foundation Inc. and Development Center for Finance. 2021 (with Lacaba, Mydia Merdeka)
"PLDT and Foreign Ownership Restriction." Chapter 15, Cases in Corporate Governance, UP Business Research Foundation, Inc. and Development Center for Finance, Inc., pages 525-556, 2020, (with Borja, Daniel Vincent).
Book Chapter
“Key responses to COVID-19 by economies in the Asia and the Pacific: An update from the ADB COVID-19 policy database." Navigating COVID-19 in Asia and the Pacific, Chapter 1, 42-47. Manila: Asian Development Bank, 2020, (with Felipe, Jesus).
Working Papers
"An analysis of the worldwide response to the COVID-19 pandemic: What and how much?" (December 2020). Asian Development Bank. https://dx.doi.org/10.22617/WPS200353-2 (with Felipe, J., Fulwiller, S. Bajaro, D, Cruz, M., Askin, S.)
Presentations
“Why the Feldstein-Horioka “Puzzle” remains unsolved”, (with Felipe, Jesus and Fulwiller, Scott).– Monetary Economics Seminar, Kobe University; International Economics Seminar, University of Tokyo, January 2022.
“Remittance and risk: Do remittance-receiving households take on more financial risks?”, (with Angeli Juani). The 55th Annual Meeting and Conference of the Philippine Economic Society, Quezon City, November 2017.
“Multiple corporate objectives and performance contracts: The case of Philippine government financial institutions”, Eastern Regional Organization for Public Administration (EROPA) Conference 2017, Seoul, South Korea, September 2017.