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By Nguyen Cong Thang (VNP 22) Supervisor: Dr. Vo Hong Duc Abstract On the ground of a well-known Markowitz’s Modern Portfolio Theory, a Sharpe-Lintner Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) was derived. The CAPM confirms that only systematic risk – denoted by ß (beta), does matter and investors are only compensated for taking systematic risk. Various […]

By Tran Pham Bao Nguyen (VNP22) Supervisor: Dr. Truong Dang Thuy Abstract The main purpose of this research need to find the answer of the question if the married woman will be happier than single folks over lifetimes as well the method of measuring happiness in practice and the impact of marriage on happiness. We […]

By Nguyen Thi Hong Ngoc (VNP 22) Supervisor: Dr. Vu  Viet Quang Abstract This paper examines the trading activity of target firms in the days before acquisition announcement. Using a sample of acquisition announcements in HOSE during the period of 2012 – 2016, the results showed that significantly abnormally trading volume precedes share price movements. […]

By Ta Thi Hong Ngoc (VNP 22) Supervisor: Dr. Tu Van Binh Abstract The study uses the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey in the year of 2012 and 2014 in 13 provinces in the Mekong River Delta (MRD) to evaluate the impact of health insurance on out-of-pocket payments in the MRD. Three models including Pool […]

By Huynh Ngoc Song Minh (VNP 22) Supervisor: Dr. Le Thanh Loan Abstract One of the most serious issues that potentially lead to total rice yield losses is climate change and its consequence, water scarcity. To counteract with this problem, the International Rice Research Institute has developed and promoted the alternate wetting and drying (AWD) water […]

By Pham Nhu Man (VNP 22) Supervisor: Dr. Truong Dang Thuy Abstract This study examines the consumer’s choice between online and in-store shopping for a specific product of books. For this purpose, a survey of 352 book buyers was implemented to collect revealed and stated preference data. Conditional logit and mixed logit models are used […]

By Nguyen Ngoc Phuong Linh (VNP 22) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Thu Hien Abstract Employing proxies of macroeconomic uncertainty of Baum et al. (2005), I am based on the proposed empirical model of Gulen and Ion (2015) to examine how corporate capital investment is affected by macroeconomic uncertainty for enterprises of Vietnam in the period of […]

By Tran Le Khang (VNP 22) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Vu Hong Thai Abstract Privatization has become Vietnam’s top priority to drive the country toward the market-oriented economy as well as to improve business activities within SOEs since 1992. However, after quarter a century, the process is increasingly slowing down and is supposed not to help […]

By Tran Khanh Hoa (VNP 22) Supervisor: Dr. Pham Khanh Nam Abstract Given the importance of skill set as a predictor of life outcomes, this study investigates the effect of parental investment on the development of cognitive and non-cognitive skills of 2,000 children, who were tracked from age 1 to age 12, using longitudinal data […]

By Vo Le Minh Phuong (VNP 22) Supervisor: Dr. Pham Khanh Nam Abstract This study applies hedonic price function to estimate the effect of urban flooding of Ho Chi Minh city. Instead of using the sale price, this study alternatively uses the rental price from three commercial banks located in Ho Chi Minh City as the […]

By Truong Uyen Phuong (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Truong Dang Thuy Abstract Nowadays, time to marry has been earlier among women in developing countries, and time of entry into first marriage has each particular effect on health issue of women and their children. However, there are not many researches focusing on this area, especially for […]

By Tran Chi Nguyen (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Pham Khanh Nam Abstract This paper focus on examines factors that influence student academic performance in Mekong River Delta, Vietnam. Basing on a survey that is conducted by the author in 2015, 297 students of Can Tho University have filtered to examine. The Education production function of […]

By Phan Hoa Thao Nguyen (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Vu Viet Quang Abstract Using final sample data of 237 publicly traded firms on HOSE for the study period from 2010 to 2015, the paper investigates the relationship between corporate governance and ownership to voluntary information disclosure in Vietnam. Furthermore, to check significant impact of corporate […]

By Nguyen Thi Tuyet Nga (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Pham Khanh Nam Abstract The main objective of this study is to analyze the impact of climate change and other socio – economic determinants on the income diversification strategy in Mekong River Delta. The data set is drawn from the VHLSS 2010,2012 and 2014, while climatic […]

By Le Duy Minh (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Pham Khanh Nam Abstract The purpose of this paper is to provide an insight to the impact of labor market size and social capital on the outsourcing decision in Vietnam Small and Medium enterprises, using the data collected in 2013. Logit binary model is employed to explore […]

By Tran Phuoc Loc (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Trong Hoai Abstract This study attempts to identify the determinants of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and to examine the impacts of CSR on firm’s financial performance of 6435 Vietnamese firms extracted from the combination of the Vietnam Technology and Competitiveness Survey (TCS) and the Vietnam Enterprise […]

By Pham Le Phuong Lan (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Vo Hong Duc Abstract Managerial entrenchment occurs when managers are able to manipulate financing decisions to support their own interests rather than those of shareholders. Furthermore, the market timing activity is considerably explained by managers’ financing decisions through which companies choose to raise debt or equity to […]

By Le Thanh Hung (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Trong Hoai Abstract The combination of Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey and Provincial Statistics Yearbook from 2010 to 2014 provide a great opportunity for estimating the up to date external and private return to education in Vietnam. In this paper, the Human Capital Earning Function (Mincer, […]

By Luong Cong Hoang (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Pham Dinh Long Abstract This study examines the effects of foreign banks entry to the efficiency of Vietnam‘s domestic banks following the government to initiate deregulation its financial banking. We also review the bank efficiency in term of bank size and ownership structure. There are two principled […]

By Thai Ba Toan (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Pham Dinh Long Abstract Improving firm performance is always a top concern of companies. The global financial crisis and public – debt crisis in Europe has had a negative impact on the economy of Vietnam, especially on Vietnamese companies. Therefore, the issues of performance enhancement, escaping from stagnating […]

By Nguyen Van Vien (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Truong Dang Thuy Abstract 3in1 coffee is known as an important product of instant coffee market in Vietnam, especially in Ho Chi Minh City. The reason of that comes from the benefits which 3in1 coffee brings to consumers in term of convenience, product quality, and appropriate price. […]