What happens if there is no competition in the economy? Why do we continue to import rice? Why do prices continue to skyrocket? How do we explain the boom in the call center industry? How does global warming affect our economy? What will happen to the country if a certain politician without an economic strategy assumes the presidency?
These questions, among others, are addressed in Economics. This textbook covers an array of topics like scarcity, demand and supply, market structures, macroeconomic indicators, money and banking, government role in modern economies, international trade, taxation, agrarian reform, and economic development and the environment.
Set in the Philippine context, this textbook tackles basic economic principles that govern practically everything in our lives. The chapters are relevant and timely as they discuss current developments in the domestic and global economies backed by up-to-date statistical data. As a vital component of college education, economics can be used as a tool to understand ard handle personal, commercial, social, and global issues. The authers hope that readers would gain both economic insights perspective in the long run.

Publisher: University of the Philippines Los Baños, College of Economics and Management, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2015
ISBN: 9786219527101

Using basic economic principles and elementary mathematical methods, this book describes the best operating conditions necessary to achieve economic efficiency in agricultural production and provides theoretical explanations on questions such as:

How can agricultural productivity be increased? What are the constraints to agricultural productivity? Why do price subsidies sometimes backfire? Can credit improve productivity? How can farmers be encouraged to use more environment-friendly inputs?

Publisher: University of the Philippines Los Baños, College of Economics and Management, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2015
ISBN: 9786219527101

AGRICULTURAL POLICY: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND OTHER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Isabella M. Pabuayon, Salvador P. Catelo, Agnes C. Rola, and Tirso B. Paris Jr.

This book is intended as teaching material for an undergraduate course in agricultural policy. It contextualizes agricultural policy in terms of the interrelationships of the agricultural sector with the rest of the macro and global economies. The specific policies include land/agrarian reform, fertilizer and seed subsidies, and other concerns in the context of trade and industrial protection, irrigation, and mechanization. Policies related to credit in support of farming activities, as well as research and development to increase production possibilities for farmers, are also discussed.

The book also introduces topics on food safety issues, environmental concerns, and quantitative analytical tools to encourage students to explore advanced aspects of agricultural policy.

Publisher: University of the Philippines Press, 2013
ISBN: 9715427154, 9789715427159

Using basic economic principles and elementary mathematical methods, this book describes the best operating conditions necessary to achieve economic efficiency in agricultural production and provides theoretical explanations on questions such as:

How can agricultural productivity be increased? What are the constraints to agricultural productivity? Why do price subsidies sometimes backfire? Can credit improve productivity? How can farmers be encouraged to use more environment-friendly inputs?

Publisher: University of the Philippines Los Baños, College of Economics and Management, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2019
ISBN: 621952716X, 9786219527163

Economic Perspectives on Agricultural & Natural Resource Policy

Antonio Jesus A. Quilloy

Agricultural and natural resource policy involves an intricate balance of political, social, and environmental choices where the principles of economics may serve as a guide in various aspects of public decision-making and policy design. Economics does not hold a monopoly of knowledge about the analytics and operational mechanisms of agricultural and natural resource policy, but the insights that we can draw by applying economic principles to agricultural and natural resource policy problems are compelling and logical. This book provides economic perspectives on agricultural and natural resource policy and tries to isolate the economic component by analyzing the incentives and the economic consequences that public policy creates.

Publisher: University of the Philippines Los Baños, College of Economics and Management, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2019
ISBN: 6219527178, 9786219527170