The effects of early childhood education attendance on cognitive development: Evidence from Vietnam
By Trieu Van Viet (VNP 19) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Huu Dung Abstract Over the past several decades, numerous studies have documented the association between early childhood education attendance and children’s cognitive abilities. This thesis aims to examine whether the positive relationship between preschool attendance and cognitive skills found in previous studies holds in Vietnam. The […]
Impact of economic volatility on corporate income tax rate: The case of 20 Asian countries
By Truong Hoang Yen (VNP 19) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Hoang Bao Abstract This paper examines the impact of economic volatility on the corporate income tax rate in the context of globalization and international taxation competition. The impact is analyzed by two models, direct and indirect effect model. The former investigates directly the relationship of corporate […]
The effect of bank capital and ownership structure on bank performance: Evidence in Vietnam
By Nguyen Thi Viet Anh (VNP 20) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Thi Thuy Linh Abstract This study aimed at assessing the impact of capital structure and ownership structure on Vietnamese bank performance. The study used secondary data of forty-nine Vietnamese banks with 387 observations in the period 2005-2014, employing Feasible General Least Square as well as […]
The impact of remittances on financial development in selected Asian countries
By Huynh Thi My Chi (VNP 20) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Van Ngai Abstract Although the impact of remittances on economic growth and poverty has always been a controversial problem for researchers and policy makers as remittance inflow have been becoming one of the largest external capital sources for many countries, its direct effect on financial […]
Energy consumption and real GDP in Asean
By Duong Thien Chi (VNP 20) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Thuy Abstract This paper aims to examine the relationship between real GDP and energy consumption in ASEAN. The paper use the panel data collected from WorldBank from 1974 to 2014. The panel unit root tests, panel cointegration test and VECM Granger Causality test will be […]
The impact evaluation of adoption hybrid-rice variety in Vietnam
By Luong Quoc Bao (VNP 19) Supervisor: Dr. Truong Dang Thuy Abstract This thesis research aims to analyze the impact of hybrid rice variety adoption on household welfare, particularly net revenue and consumption in Vietnam. It employs propensity score matching with data from the Vietnam Access to Resource Household Survey (VARHS) in 2012. The result […]
Relationship between external debt and economic growth in selected developing countries
By Nguyen Thanh Thai Chan (VNP 19) Supervisor: Dr. Pham Khanh Nam
Applying contingent valuation method for estimating willingness to pay to control urban flooding in Ho Chi Minh City
By Nguyen Duy Chinh (VNP 19) Supervisor: Dr. Truong Dang Thuy Abstract Despite the implementation of many large scale projects involving in controlling urban flooding in Ho Chi Minh City, the issue of urban flooding has been a long-lasting issue for inhabitants in HCMC. There are many causes for the problem, both objective and man-made. […]
Determinants of household waste recycling behavior. The case of Ho Chi Minh City
By Phan Bui Khue Dai (VNP 19) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Trong Hoai Abstract This paper investigates determinants of household waste recycling behavior for six different materials: paper, carton, plastic, metal, glass and cloth using data from the survey “Consumption behavior towards green growth in urban area of Viet Nam”, funded by National Foundation for Science […]
Estimation of crude oil import demand of OECD countries
By Hoang Tung Diep (VNP 19) Supervisor: Dr. Pham Thi Bich Ngoc Abstract Crude oil is considerably the most important energy for world economy and most of all countries were affected by the crude oil price no matter they are played as the producers or consumers or both. Applying the data of 27 OECD countries […]
Liquidity premium in stock returns, The case of Vietnam
By Tran Quang Duy (VNP 19) Supervisor: Dr. Pham Phu Quoc Abstract Research about the role of liquidity in explaining stock returns has mainly been conducted in developed market and yielded ambiguous conclusion about its explanatory power. From this gap in literature, this empirical research is conducted to examine the influence of liquidity on stock […]
Remittances and economic growth in developing Asia and the Pacific countries
By Pham Thi Hang (VNP 19) Supervisor: Dr. Pham Khanh Nam Abstract Over the past three decades, remittance inflows have increasing dramatically and become the main source of foreign exchange both in absolute terms and as a percentage of GDP in many developing countries. However, the growth effect of remittance is still not well understood. […]
The relationship between internationalization and manufacturing firms’ performance in Vietnam: The moderating effect of organizational slacks
By Huynh Thi Ngoc Hien (VNP 19) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Van Phuong Abstract As the world moves toward global expansion, the global enterprises in both developed and developing countries have been becoming the main drivers of this process. Although there are many empirical studies on the actual relationship between internationalization and performance, the question is […]
How much does mangrove ecosystem contribute to aquaculture – An empirical study for Mekong river delta
By Tran Phu Hoa (VNP 19) Supervisor: Dr. Pham Khanh Nam Abstract Mangrove forest exploitation had been one of the critical issues for developing countries in recent years. Aquaculture expanding was believed to be the number one reason for the vanishing of mangrove forests. Using the production function approach, the paper attempted to get insides […]
Health insurance and public health care utilization in Vietnam
By Tran The Hung (VNP 19) Supervisor: Dr. Truong Dang Thuy Abstract Vietnam is in the process of improving health system. To achieve this goal, the Vietnam Government attempts to expend the coverage of public health insurance which is an effective tool in low and middle income countries to finance health care provision (WHO, 2000). […]
The effects of financial liberalization on economic growth – Case study for ASEAN countries by using KAOPEN Index
By Nguyen Hung (VNP 19) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Trong Hoai Abstract This study aims to verify the association between financial liberalization and economic growth in ASEAN countries, by using the annual panel data set from 1990 to 2013 at the country level. The regression model is base on the form of growth model and similarly with […]
The impact of free trade agreement on trade flow of goods in Vietnam
By Nguyen Quang Huy (VNP 19) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Trong Hoai Abstract This study devotes to analyze the effect of free trade agreement on Vietnam’s trade flow of goods by establishing gravity model for 184 trading partners between 1990 and 2012. Basing on the theoretical foundation and previous empirical papers, the FTA is expected to […]
The effects of household’s characteristics on education expenditure in Vietnam
By Hoang Huong Giang (VNP 18) Supervisor: Dr. Tran Tien Khai Abstract Collecting 4636 observations at household level from VHLSS 2012, this study aims to investigate the effects of current resources of family on education expenditure ratio for children in Vietnam. The findings of the study provide the whole context of the education expenditure situation […]
Financial development and firms’ financing constraints: A study of manufacturing firms in Vietnam
By Vu Thi Khanh (VNP 19) Supervisor: Dr. Le Van Chon Abstract Using panel data from the Vietnamese Enterprise Survey (VES) from 2006-2012, this thesis aims to analyze the relationship between financial development and financing constraints of firms in Vietnam. The Euler equation approach is applied to model firms’ investment. Investment sensitivity to cash-flow is […]
Impact of remittances on the households expenditure structure in Vietnam
By Le Thi Nhu An (VNP 19) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Thuy Abstract Since the Vietnamese economic reform called “Doi Moi” in 1986, Vietnam has witnessed a blooming in economy as well as the huge remittances flow from the internal and external migrants. Many researches choose the remittances behavior for their study. Learning from the way […]
Understanding a behaviour of dividend payout policy in Vietnam from various financial models
By Dang Huu Loc (VNP 19) Supervisor: Dr. Vo Hong Duc Abstract This study is conducted to examine and understand a behavior of dividend payout policy at Vietnam’s listed firms for the period from 2007 to 2013. In doing so, the four well-known models are adopted, known as: (i) the partial adjustment model, (ii) the […]