A Stakeholders’ Take in Institutionalizing a Comprehensive Competition Policy in the Philippines Pauline Sanchez | 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/SenateBusinesses Enforcement Agencies

Scope and Limitations Securities and Exchange CommissionBureau of Import Services Bureau of Trade Regulation and Consumer ProtectionTariff Commission 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)

Assumption The 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