Jovi Clemente Dacanay

University of Asia and the Pacific | UAP · School of Economics (SEC)

People across the world and throughout history have gone to great lengths to enhance their physical appearance. Evolutionary psychologists and ethologists have largely attempted to explain this phenomenon via mating preferences and strategies. Here, we test one of the most popular evolutionary hypotheses for beauty-enhancing behaviors, drawn from m...

People across the world and throughout history have gone to great lengths to enhance their physical appearance. Evolutionary psychologists and ethologists have largely attempted to explain this phenomenon via mating preferences and strategies. Here, we test one of the most popular evolutionary hypotheses for beauty-enhancing behaviors, drawn from m...

People across the world and throughout history have gone to great lengths to enhance their physical appearance. Evolutionary psychologists and ethologists have largely attempted to explain this phenomenon via mating preferences and strategies. Here, we test one of the most popular evolutionary hypotheses for beauty-enhancing behaviors, drawn from m...

MacIntyre’s virtues-practices-goods-institutions framework offers an approach to confront managerial and ethical challenges in the hospitality and tourism sector. This framework is a way to operationalize the virtues expounded by Aristotle. The study expounds MacIntyre’s virtue ethics theory for the hospitality and tourism industry thriving in a co...

This series is concluded by determining if ABS-CBN and GMA-7 have attained industry dominance through coopetition by coordinating the timing of their commercial breaks. Future research directions, particularly the inclusion of TV-5 in the analysis, are also presented with the aim of expanding the current study’s inquiry into competition in the Phil...

In this article, the data on the performance of ABS-CBN and GMA7 are interpreted and analyzed. The Hirschman-Herfindahl Index is computed to define the market structure of the broadcasting industry. Ordinary least squares regressions are used to measure the dominance of the two networks in terms of advertising expenditures of the top advertisers in...

The presence of coopetition is determined by identifying the levels of competition and cooperation in the Philippine TV broadcasting industry. Game theory is used to illustrate in economic terms the actions that ABS-CBN and GMA-7 may take to maintain market leadership. The Bertrand price-setting model and the Cournot model of duopoly are employed t...

Although the Philippine television broadcasting industry produces a wide range of programs aired throughout the country, it has a meager contribution to GDP as a result of high barriers to entry. This article provides a detailed description of the industry structure and the financial performance of the major participants.

In a digital landscape where traditional media is almost a thing of the past, television broadcasting firms have to explore alternative strategies to reach a larger audience and attract more advertisers. A notable approach is “coopetition,” a form of cooperation between rival firms through sharing of talents, similarities in time slots and genres o...

Happiness is achieved when the human person achieves his/her human flourishing (Sen, 2000), described as self-determination, self-realization, a life of virtue, the pursuit and lived experience of values, a fullness of life, also called the good life, a certain development as a person and a meaningful existence (Finnis, 1980). Basic human goods and...

We know that there are cross-cultural differences on psychological variables, such as individualism/collectivism. But it has not been clear which of these variables show relatively the greatest differences. The Survey of World Views project operated from the premise that such issues are best addressed in a diverse sampling of countries representing...

Microfinance institutions (MFIs) in the Philippines have gained a reputation for operating as a for-profit institution reaching the poor through micro-lending. The problem or issue which the study addresses is to determine how MFIs in the Philippines are able to attain operational self-sufficiency, the established indicator for financial viability...

We know that there are cross-cultural differences in psychological variables, such as individualism/ collectivism. But it has not been clear which of these variables show relatively the greatest differences. The Survey of World Views project operated from the premise that such issues are best addressed in a diverse sampling of countries representin...

How can the economics discipline contribute to the achievement of mutually beneficial exchanges, while at the same time make people happy? The results show that although happiness is explained by objective measurements of needs gratification, and, subjective variables describing social comparisons, appraisals and affective experience, persons evalu...

In the context of problem-based learning and student-centered education, never has mentoring achieved a pivotal role in formal instruction. Mentoring is a task or process not only of personalized instruction, but of forming the multiple facets of the human mind to achieve an integral intellectual formation so that a person acts freely and responsib...

This article, second of three parts, continues the literature review gathered by the authors on the state of maternal healthcare in the Philippines. Education is not commonly seen in the Philippines as contributing to a lower maternal mortality rate. The common view is that other factors, such as availability of health services and income, are more...

Even if they want to make use of public maternal health care services, pregnant women in the rural areas have a problem with transport and distance of health centers. It is clear that the government should strengthen public health provisions particularly in geographically isolated areas. Maternal healthcare is effective when the maternal mortality...

Are pregnant women, especially in rural areas, making use of public maternal health care services? If more of them use these services, will there be a corresponding decrease in maternal deaths? The satisfaction of the basic needs and overall development of children at every phase of life is closely linked to the well-being of the mother. If women a...

Pollution mitigation and abatement with productivity: A global look Firms that have reached a certain level of productivity tend to appreciate more the value of the environment. They are more likely to take the initiative to mitigate externalities and to invest in technology that will abate pollution. The researchers used an empirical model regress...

Pollution mitigation and abatement with productivity: A global look There are two opposing views on the relationship between industrial productivity and environmental sustainability. One view is that more productive countries are better able to mitigate pollution and make the environment more sustainable. The opposite view is that greater productiv...

Expiring patents and the arrival of price controls are changing the marketplace for pharmaceutical manufacturing. Local and multinational pharmaceuticals must find innovative ways to compete. The results of the regression on sales with drug prices and the HHI of large multinational drug companies (MNCs) versus local companies show that sales of MNC...

Knowledge and its dissemination can be described through a knowledge life cycle, akin to product life cycles used in marketing and business. Knowledge acquisition happens primarily through information that is accepted and processed, in spite of various signals or information which may alter or distract the learning process. Variations in signals co...

A dynamic chain of activities can be observed in the international economy which would require an efficient and effective financial sector capable of integrating a flexible system of monitoring the flow of financial resources from debtors to creditors. But is this happening? Are all industries financially linked? The fundamental question that this...

Expiring patents and the arrival of price controls are changing the marketplace for pharmaceutical manufacturing. Local and multinational pharmaceuticals must find innovative ways to compete. The advent of price controls has changed the competitive environment in the pharmaceutical industry. This article provides a background on past performance, d...

Gold mining generates billions of revenues for both public and private sectors. Is there a way to manage extraction rates to sustain both profits and resources? With all the environmental costs due to gold mining, studying the behavior of mining extractions becomes imperative. To be specific, we ask the following questions: (1) Are there trends in...

The experience nature of movies makes box-office ticket sales unpredictable and uncertain. As such, consumers look for indicators, or signals used by producers, that infer cues of product quality. These signals infer product quality and entices information cascading through social learning. We investigate how social learning and information cascade...

The experience nature of movies makes box-office ticket sales unpredictable and uncertain. As such, consumers look for indicators, or signals used by producers, that infer cues of product quality and entices information cascading through social learning. The study investigates how social learning and information cascades explain box-office ticket s...

Media, as it has become more indispensable to human lives, is often referred to as an effective and efficient tool that affects people’s view on social issues such as human rights education and monitoring. This paper studies gender equality based on historical accounts in the Philippines and of Korea as well as the categories of capabilities expoun...

There is a growing emphasis on the role of trade in health services (telehealth, health tourism and retirement, investments and deployment of medical professionals) in easing fiscal constraints, generating jobs and income, improving infrastructure and financing, and upgrading the capacities of health professionals. This paper seeks to identify the...

There is a growing emphasis on the role of trade in health services (telehealth, health tourism and retirement, investments and deployment of medical professionals) in easing fiscal constraints, generating jobs and income, improving infrastructure and financing, and upgrading the capacities of health professionals. This paper seeks to identify the...