Master Thesis

By Phan Thi Khanh Van (VNP 17) Supervisor: Dr. Duong Nhu Hung Abstract The study presents the empirical result of the relationship between financial development and household welfare, which has been the hotly debated issue recently. To detect the nexus of financial development and household welfare, the Pedroni cointegration test is run to find out […]

By Nguyen Le Thao Nguyen (VNP 16) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Van Ngai Abstract Among different channels (namely: interest rate, asset price, credit, exchange rate channel) are affected by monetary policy, which one plays as a key channel in this mechanism. In this study, I investigate the role of credit channel in monetary transmission mechanism in […]

By Huynh Thi Nhi (VNP 16) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Huu Dung Abstract This paper studies how climate change impacts on national food security. Econometric model is used to estimate from the secondary data as pool data of Mekong Delta in period 2001-2010. The Cobb-Douglas functional form is applied for the average yield function. The result […]

By Nguyen Dinh Tu Nhi (VNP 16) Supervisor: Dr. Truong Tan Thanh Abstract The thesis examines the relationship between stock returns, trading volume and return volatility. With the focus on listed companies on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange over the period between 01 Jan 2007 and 31 Dec 2011, the study conducts GARCH […]

By Truong Ngoc Quang (VNP 16) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Van Phuong Abstract The most considerable element of households’ income structure on average is earned income which is one of the main drivers to improve the living standard of most Vietnamese households in recent years. However, there is an increasing tendency of income inequality and living […]

By Tran Thien Tai (VNP 16) Supervisor: Dr. Tran Tien Khai Abstract This paper investigates the structural transformation and growth of some developing Asian countries and Vietnam, using data extracted from World Development Indicator and Global Finance Development of World Bank from 1985 to 2010. The paper uses polynomial model regression and description statistics method. […]

By Vo Van Tai (VNP 16) Supervisor: Dr. Pham Khanh Nam Abstract The research is conducted in order to evaluate the impact of rural credit program on living standard of the rural households. The estimation is based on the secondary data, namely the Vietnam household living standard survey in 2010 (VHLSS2010). The research applied propensity […]

By Pham Tien Thanh (VNP 16) Supervisor: Dr. Pham Bao Duong Abstract This research evaluates the impact of microcredit on the welfare of households living in the Vietnam rural areas, especially the poor. The research is analyzed based on a data of the Vietnam household living standard survey (VHLSS) in the year 2008. The difference […]

By Duong Dinh Trieu (VNP 16) Supervisor: Dr. Truong Dang Thuy Abstract Financial-sector-derived economic crises happened recently in Asia area and in Vietnam create a question about the growth-promoting role of financial system against the economy. After reviewing the theory of growth-finance nexus and many empirical studies about the link between financial development and economic […]

By Le Phuong Thao (VNP 16) Supervisor: Dr. Le Thi Thanh Loan Abstract The main purpose of this study is to identify the determinants of household healthcare expenditure in Vietnam. The main source data for the analysis are from Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey 2006 (VHLSS 2006). The analysis uses statistic analysis and Ordinary Least […]

By Nguyen Tran Cao Chanh Thi (VNP 16) Supervisor: Dr. Pham Hoang Van / Dr. Nguyen Trong Hoai

By Le Duc Anh (VNP 17) Supervisor: Dr. Dinh Cong Khai Abstract This paper employs Autoregressive-Distributed Lag model to detect the cointegrating vectors amongst three variables that are gross domestic saving per capita, gross domestic product per capita and foreign direct investment being stationary at the mixture of I(0) and I(1) in the period 1989 […]

By Pham Tuan Anh (VNP 17) Supervisor: Dr. Cao Hao Thi Abstract The study aims to identify determinants of Vietnamese banking capital structure. Using panel data analysis like Fixed Effects Method (FEM) and Random Effects Method (REM), the study investigates the effect of size, growth, collateral value, profitability, dividend policy and business risk determinants to […]

By Mai Quang Huy (VNP 16) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Van Phuong Abstract In market economy, neoclassical economists tell a story of demand side that every consumer compare utility of each unit of every commodity, to decide to consume the unit that provide higher utility. In that story, utility is understood as obvious usefulness that any […]

By Nguyen Thi Lan Anh (VNP 17) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Huu Dung Abstract The study provides a critical review of poverty measurement in Mekong River Delta and arguments for utilizing a recent multi-dimensional methodology framework. By applying Alkire & Foster’s methodology for Vietnamese Households Living Standards Survey data 2010 (VHLSS 2010), it produces a multidimensional poverty […]

By Le Anh Khang (VNP 16) Supervisor: Dr. Le Van Chon Abstract This paper investigates the socioeconomic determinants of dropout behavior of Vietnamese children in secondary schools using the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey for 2006 and 2008 and logistic regression model for Panel data. Determinants are considered at individual, household, schooling, and regional levels. […]

By Nguyen Viet Cuong (VNP 17) Supervisor: Dr. Phan Dinh Nguyen

By Nguyen Thi My Khanh (VNP 16) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Trong Hoai Abstract This study explores the determinant of capital structure of Vietnam listed construction companies using panel data for the period of 2007-2012. Tangibility, profitability, size, growth and liquidity use as independent variables. Total leverage, short-term leverage and long-term leverage were dependent variable. The […]

By Le Tan Buu Duy (VNP 17) Supervisor: Dr. Duong Nhu Hung Abstract The thesis employs two quantitative methods to explore the relationship between economic growth and financial development in Vietnam using quarterly data from 1999 to 2012. Firstly, the ARDL cointegration test developed by Pesaran and Shin (1999), and Pesaran, Shin, and Smith (2001) […]

By Cao Thi Tuyet Mai (VNP 16) Supervisor: Dr. Truong Tan Thanh Abstract The thesis determines which factors that affected the operations of the companies listed on Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange during the period 2007-2011 and measures the level of the variables such as growth, leverage, leverage^2, risk, CEO duality and size that impacted […]

By Vo Thi Thu Hoai (VNP 17) Supervisor: Dr. Tran Tien Khai Abstract Accompany with development trend in over the world, migration flow plays important role in Vietnamese economy. It contributes to the significant income and raises the living standard for household in the country, specially, in rural areas. This paper tries to measure the […]