Caesar B Cororaton

Senior Research Fellow

Caesar B Cororaton is a Senior Research Fellow, AKI-SOE. He used to work as Research Fellow at the Philippines Institute for Development Studies, the International Food Policy Research Institute and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Currently he is doing research policy consulting work with some Philippine government agencies.

Educational Background

Ph.D. Economics, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, 1990
M.A. Economics, University of the Philippines, 1985
M.S. Industrial Economics, University of Asia and the Pacific, Philippines, 1982
B.S. Management Engineering, Ateneo de Davao University, Philippines, 1979

Research Interest

  • Agricultural Development
  • Global and Regional Trade
  • Poverty
  • Carbon Pricing
  • Climate Change/Resilience Index

Selected Publications

  • Cororaton, C. 2025. “The Global Value Chain Effects of RCEP: Estimating the Impact on the Philippines.” DLSU Business & Economics Review. 33(2) 2024 p. 163-188
  • Cororaton, C. 2024. “Potential Effects of the Corporate Income Tax Reform”. Chapter 8 in Living Well Under the Shade of the New Normal. Lamberte M.B., Aldaba, F.T, Brillantes, A.B, Basillio, E. (eds). National College of Public Administration and Governance. University of the
    Philippines.
  • Cororaton, C. 2024. “Potential Effects of Free Trade Agreements on the Philippine Economy”. Chapter 11 in Living Well Under the Shade of the New Normal. Lamberte M.B., Aldaba, F.T, Brillantes, A.B, Basillio, E. (eds). National College of Public Administration and Governance. University of the Philippines.
  • Cororaton. C. 2024. “Potential Effects of FDI in Restricted Service Sectors in the Philippines”. Chapter 12 in Living Well Under the Shade of the New Normal. Lamberte M.B., Aldaba, F.T, Brillantes, A.B, Basillio, E. (eds). National College of Public Administration and Governance. University of the Philippines.
  • Cororaton. C. 2024. “Nationally Determined Contribution of the Philippines: Estimating the Potential Effects on Greenhouse Gas Emission, Growth and Poverty”. Chapter 15 in Living Well Under the Shade of the New Normal. Lamberte M.B., Aldaba, F.T, Brillantes, A.B, Basillio, E. (eds). National College of Public Administration and Governance. University of the Philippines.
  • Cororaton, C. 2024. “The Impact of the War in Ukraine: Estimating the Economic and Welfare Losses in Africa using a Global CGE Model”. Partnership for Economic Policy https://portal.pep-net.org/document/download/39217
  • Santos, M., Tiongco, M., Inocencio, A. and Cororaton C. 2024. “Rice Buffer Stock Maintenance Post-Ruce Tariffication Law (RA11203): An Application of Partial Equilibrium Model for Buffer Stock Level Optimization.” DLSU Business & Economics Review. 34(2) 2025 p. 14-30
  • Orden, D., C. Cororaton, and K. Rouchdi, 2022. “Technical Regulation of Agri-Food Trade”. Chapter 4 in A Modern Guide to Food Economics. Roosen, J. and Hobbs, J. (eds). Massachusetts, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing Inc. pp 62-87
  • Cororaton, C. and K. D. Yu. 2019.“Assessing the Poverty and Distributional Impact of Alternative Rice Policies in Philippines & DLSU Business & Economics Review. 28(2):169-182.

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