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Dr. Myrna Austria

Full Professor and University Fellow

Educational Background
Doctor of Philosophy, Economics
The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Master of Economics of Development
The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Graduate Diploma in Economics of Development
The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Bachelor of Arts in Economics (Magna Cum Laude)
St. Louis University, Baguio City

Dr. Myrna S. Austria is a University Fellow and Full Professor at the School of Economics, De La Salle University (DLSU). Her areas of specialization include: trade, investment and industrial policy, development economics, and regional economic integration. She has published journal articles, monographs, chapters in books and policy briefs along these areas. She earned both her Master’s degree and Doctor of Philosophy in Economics at The Australian National University. She has served De La Salle University in various capacities: Vice-Chancellor for Academics (May 2010–July 2015); Dean of the College of Business & Economics (May 2006-May 2010); and Director for the Center for Business and Economics Research and Development (January 2003- May 2006). She has assessed several top universities in ASEAN as Chief and Lead Quality Assurance Assessor under the ASEAN University Network (AUN). She has done consultancy work in international organizations such as WB, ADB, ERIA, IDRC.

Research Interests

• Regional Economic Integration
• Trade, Investment and Industrial Policy
• Competition Policy
• Tobacco Economics
• Development Economics

Selected Publications

• Impact of Non-Tariff Measures on ASEAN Economic Integration, DLSU-AKI Working Paper Series 2021-11-074.
• Non-tariff Barriers: A Challenge to Achieving the ASEAN Economic Community, Chapter 2 in Sanchita Basu Das, Jayant Menon, Rodolfo Severino and Omkar Lal Shrestha (Editors), The ASEAN Economic Community, A Work in Progress, 2013. Singapore: Southeast Asian Studies
• Towards a free flow of investment: is the ASEAN making progress? Chapter 4 in N. Jansen Calamita and Mavluda Sattorova (Editors), The Regionalization of International Investment Treaty Agreements, 2015. London: British Institute of International and Comparative Law
• Moving Towards an ASEAN Economic Community, East Asia: An International Quarterly, 2012 29:141-156.
• Are Filipino Smokers More Sensitive to Cigarette Prices due to the Sin Tax Reform Law?: A Difference-in-Difference Analysis” (co-authored with Jesson Pagaduan), DLSU Business & Economics Review, 2019 28(2):10-25