Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/241020 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
PIDS Discussion Paper Series No. 2020-31
Publisher: 
Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), Quezon City
Abstract: 
Trade is an important component of the Philippine economy. Contemporary trade is shaped primarily by the evolution of Global Value Chains (GVCs), and this has a significant implication in integrating developing countries, such as the Philippines, into the global economy. An economy's inclusion into GVCs is affected by different factors, one of which is through a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The impact of FTAs has long been studied in the Philippines, but the network effects of FTA trade shocks and its resulting impact to industry firm performance have not been explored as much. This study contributes to filling that gap by calculating the direct impact of trade agreements to the performance of various sectors. The results of the analysis show that FTA imports have a positive and significant direct effect on industry growth and labor productivity. The network effects, however, are not statistically significant for real Gross Value Added growth. On employment, the direct effect is negative and statistically significant, but the network effects would temper this effect because the upstream effect arising from customers is positive and statistically significant. The shock also has a positive and statistically significant direct effect on labor productivity, which implies that increasing imports increases labor productivity of Philippine sectors.
Subjects: 
Trade
network effects
trade agreements
FTA
Philippines
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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