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Rethinking “Economic Fundamentals†in an Era of Global Physical Shocks: Insights from the Philippines Experience with COVID-19

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  • Toby Melissa C. Monsod

    (University of the Philippines School of Economics Diliman, Quezon City, 1101 Philippines)

  • Maria Socorro Gochoco-Bautista

    (University of the Philippines School of Economics Diliman, Quezon City, 1101 Philippines)

Abstract

Having “strong macroeconomic fundamentals,†as the Philippines supposedly did pre-COVID-19, matters much less (if at all), in and of itself, to economic outcomes in the context of a physical shock. Using a model for 21 countries including ASEAN+3, developing East Asia and South Asia, as well as Australia and New Zealand to explain the difference in actual 2019 and forecasted 2020 GDP growth, we find that, ceteris paribus

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  • Toby Melissa C. Monsod & Maria Socorro Gochoco-Bautista, 2021. "Rethinking “Economic Fundamentals†in an Era of Global Physical Shocks: Insights from the Philippines Experience with COVID-19," Asian Economic Papers, MIT Press, vol. 20(1), pages 109-140, Winter/Sp.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:asiaec:v:20:y:2021:i:1:p:109-140
    DOI: 10.1162/asep_a_00802
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    1. Balisacan, Arsenio M. & dela Cruz, Russel Matthew M., 2021. "When a Pandemic Strikes: Balancing Health and Economy toward Sustainable and Inclusive Recovery," MPRA Paper 111259, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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