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The shipping transport industry plays a very important role in the country's development. An efficient shipping industry that facilitates the movement of commodities, products and people is therefore vital to the growth of the country. The country's domestic shipping industry, however, has been regarded as inefficient. Past studies suggest that government regulations and policies affecting the industry have been the cause of such inefficiency. This study examines the inefficiency of the industry in terms of the complex interaction between regulation and competition; and then analyzes the effects of the policy reforms on competition and market structure.

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Medalla, Erlinda M, 2005 "Interface between competition policy and infrastructure regulation in the Philippines" , Philippine Institute for Development Studies
Llanto, Gilberto, Leilanie Basilio, and Enrico Basilio, 2005 "Competition policy and regulation in ports and shipping" , Philippine Institute for Development Studies
Medalla, Erlinda, 2005 "Interface between competition policy and infrastructure regulation in the Philippines" , East Asian Bureau of Economic Research
Monsod, Solita and Toby Monsod, 2003 "Philippines: case study on human development progress towards the MDG at the sub-national level" , Human Development Report Office (HDRO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Medalla, Erlinda, 2005 "Interface between competition policy and infrastructure regulation in the Philippines" , East Asian Bureau of Economic Research

Contributor

Philippine Institute for Development Studies

Authors

Austria, Myrna S.

Keywords

competition; liberalization; shipping industry; deregulation; interisland liner shipping industry

Philippine Domestic Shipping Transport Industry: State of Competition and Market Structure

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