A Stakeholders’ Take in Institutionalizing a Comprehensive Competition Policy in

the Philippines

Pauline Sanchez | 2010-79102299.2 Research Methods in Public Administration

Prof. Maria Faina Diola

Outline• Statement of the Problem• Goals and Objectives of the Study• Significance of the Study• Scope and Limitations• Theoretical Framework• Operational Framework• Data Collection Methods• Assumptions

Main Research Problem

How does the stakeholders’ perception about comprehensive Competition Policy affect its

institutionalization?

Sub-Problems• How do enforcement agencies of the perceive

Competition Policy in the Philippines?• Is there such a thing as “competition culture”

among the main agencies concerned with competition policy in the Philippines?

• How can the culture of competition be fostered among these enforcement agencies?

Goals & Objectives of the Study

To be able to:

• recognize the primary factors that affect the institutionalization of a comprehensive Competition Policy in the Philippines

• infer the importance of stakeholders’ perception/attitude towards the passage of Competition Law in the Philippines

• identify ways by which “Competition Culture” can be fostered among the enforcement agencies such as the SEC, Bureau of Import Services, Bureau of Trade regulation and Consumer Protection and the Tariff Commission

Significance of the Study

PRIORITY MEASURE

“… it is the government’s duty

to ensure that the market is fair for all.

No monopolies, no cartels that kill competition. We

need an Antitrust Law that will give life to these

principles …”

President Aquino III’s State of the Nation Address in July 2010

Significance of the Study

• The salience of the passage of competition policy cannot be undermined. It promotes and enhances economic efficiency and full

competition in trade, industry and all commercial economic activities

It prevents the concentration of economic power in a few persons who threaten to control the production, trade, or industry in order to stifle competition, distort, manipulate or constrict the discipline of free markets, increase market prices

It penalizes all forms of unfair trade, anti-competitive conduct and combinations in restraint of trade, with the objective of protecting and advancing consumer welfare

In the pursuit to realize an ideal market environment, it is important to identify ways by which the institutionalization of a Competition Policy can prosper

It can contribute to the study of Policy Agenda-Setting by zooming into the importance of stakeholders’ perceptions and attitude in the Philippine setting

Scope and Limitations

Advocacy for competition

policy to facilitate and

implement the required reforms

in gov’t policy

Creation and enforcement of

anti-trust /competition legislation

Review of gov’t regulations and

policies with respect to its

impact on competition

policy objectives

Information and education campaign

Elements of a Comprehensive Competition Policy in the Philippines, Erlinda Medalla, 2008

Scope and Limitations

STAKEHOLDERS

Department of Justice

Congress/Senate

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ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

Conceptual Framework

Degree of advancement of

institutionalizing a COMPREHENSIVE

COMPETITION POLICY in the

Philippines

Interactions, Dynamics among

stakeholders

Enforcement Agencies on Competition Policy

•Political view and dynamics•Policy process

•Economic interaction among other stakeholders (businesses and other sectoral agencies)

•Social dynamics•Internal/organizational communications, knowledge

•Other interactions with external factors

•-culture/history•-attitude•-perception

Operational Framework

input

• Key informants’ interview and survey results

• Historical overview

• Case Studies • Policy Process

theories

process

• Stakeholder Analysis

• Policy Analysis

output

• Advancement of Institutionalizing Competition Policy in the Philippines

Data Collection Methods

• Interviews with Key Informants• Survey• Narrative Documents (annual reports)

AssumptionThe knowledge about, perceptions and attitude towards, and the overall culture of competition

among the key enforcement agencies that support the existing fragmented competition policy in the

Philippines can affect the degree of advancement of the Competition Policy in the Philippines