DLSU Business & Economics Review
Volume 34 Number 2
January 2025
Editor’s Note
Marites M. Tiongco, PhD
Editor-in-Chief
THE CONTRIBUTORS
RESEARCH ARTICLES
Determinants of Corporate Capital Structure and the Emerging Role of Intangibles and Innovation: The Case of Japanese Corporations
Michael Angelo A. Cortez
The Global Value Chain Effects of RCEP: Estimating the Impact on the Philippines
Caesar B Cororaton
Impact of International Trade Competitiveness on Unemployment and Poverty in the ECOWAS Region
IKUBOR .O. Jude, YAHAYA, U. Isah, ABDUL. Y. Mary, MAZELI O.Mark and OJIH. U. Abraham
Effect of Trade Openness on Food Security in the Economic Community of West African States Region
YAHAYA Umar Isah, Ofili Jude KUBOR, O. A. BERNARD, AYODEJI, S., & ZAKARI Saheed S.
Assessing the Impact of Shifting to Non-Combusted Alternatives to Reduce Economic Cost of Tobacco-Related Illnesses in the Philippines
Christopher James Cabuay
Bed Allocation Model for Infection Control During A Pandemic
Rosemary Seva, Dennis E. Cruz, Lourdes Marie S. Tejero
Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and its Impact on the Employment Prospects of the ALS Graduates
Martha Joy J. Abing and Mitzie Irene P. Conchada
The Follower Fallacy: Revisiting Engagement Hypothesis by Evidencing Nonlinear Dynamics in Influencer Marketing
Pranjal Jain
Review Article
A Review of Climate Change and Its Financial Impact on the Transportation Sector
Ray Anthony Lumawag Almonares