Philippine Review of Economics (Online ISSN 2984-8156)

The Philippine Review of Economics is devoted to the publication of theoretical and empirical work in economic development. It is indexed in in SCOPUS, RePEc, the Journal of Economic Literature and EconLit.

It welcomes papers about the Philippines and about other developing economies. It is also a forum for research findings that show the links of economics with other disciplines.

The PRE (Print ISSN 1655-1516 and Digital ISSN 2984-8156) is published bianually by the UP School of Economics (UPSE) in partnership with the Philippine Economic Society (PES).

Announcements

 

Release of the June 2026 Issue

 
We are pleased to announce the release of the June 2026 issue featuring a symposium on competition policy.  
Posted: 2026-06-28
 

Release of the December 2025 Issue

 
We are pleased to announce the release of the December 2025 issue.  
Posted: 2025-12-22
 
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Vol 63, No 1 (2026)

Full Issue

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Table of Contents

The Philippine Competition Commission: the first ten years PDF
Farasat A.S. Bokhari, Carlos Vega 1-4

A Symposium on Competition Policy in the Philippines

Tariff cuts without consumer gains? A competition policy perspective on Philippine price trends PDF
Enrico G. Trinidad, Majah-Leah V. Ravago, Arsenio M. Balisacan 5-42
Local labor market concentration and union activity in the Philippines: descriptive estimates and implications PDF
Vincent Jerald Ramos, Edgardo Manuel Jopson, Edgar Antonio Suguitan 43-75
The Grab and Uber merger: a retrospective PDF
Charles David A. Icasiano, Philip Amadeus D. Libre 76-99
Multihoming and platform choice in online food delivery PDF
Edgardo Manuel Jopson, Fabio M. Manenti, Franco Mariuzzo, Shereena S. Salas, Junjun Zhang 100-141

Regular articles

The Philippine economy: no longer the East Asian exception? Revisited PDF
Hal Hill 142-167
Does gender stereotyping influence labor force participation in the Philippines? PDF
Nikkin L. Beronilla, Raymundo P. Addun, Dennis S. Mapa 168-176