Master Thesis

By Chau The Vinh (VNP 18) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Trong Hoai Abstract The thesis estimates a logit regression model by fixed effect with a combination of some macroeconomic and financial indicators from the work of Hagen and Ho (2007) and Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) from the updated database of Kaufmann (2013) as explanatory variables for […]

By Ngo Hoang Viet (VNP 16) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Trong Hoai Abstract In recent years, corruption has attracted increasing attention and been studied by a number of researchers. Nevertheless, the influence of corruption upon the growth of the economies has still been in arguments among economists. This thesis investigates and estimates the relationships between corruption […]

By Bui Thi Minh Thu (VNP 23) Supervisor: Dr. Truong Dang Thuy Abstract: The aim of this paper is to estimate the effects of variables including household characteristics, household access to services and social policies on poverty transition of rural households in Vietnam. By using the panel data of 12 provinces in the period of […]

By Ha Ngoc Tam (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Pham Khanh Nam Abstract:  Given increasing demand for food, and that land is limited while there is many competitive uses, there is a need to substitute land by other inputs in agriculture. The main objective of this study is to measure the substitutability between the inputs of […]

By Nguyen Kien Truc (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Van Ngai Abstract: The research was based on the gap and inspiration for studies on the relationship between foreign aid and economic growth. This study focuses on the relationship between foreign aid and economic growth in 11 Southeast Asian countries from 1960 to 2014. This study […]

By Phung Thien Van (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Vo Xuan Vinh Abstract: In the last few years it has been possible to observe decreasing trend in interest margins of Vietnam commercial banks. At the same time, a number of commercial banks increasingly moved part of their business from interest to fee-earning activities. In this paper, […]

By Tran Thi Kieu Oanh (VNP 22) Supervisor: Dr. Vo Tat Thang Abstract: Using data from the Institute of Social Science Survey (ISSS) of Peking University conducted in China, this article examines the impact of economic shock to households on changes in school attendance levels and education expenditure. Firstly, ordered logit model is utilized to estimate […]

By Ngo Chi Tam (VNP 22) Supervisor: Dr. Dang Le Hoa Abstract This study attempts to examine the relationship between migration and climate change. The data is extracted from VHLSS in 2014 and 2016. The surveys were conducted by GSO, including 1635 observations. The analysis is based on the theoretical framework from the migration model […]

By Tran Vinh Thai (VNP 22) Supervisor: Dr. Duong Nhu Hung Abstract: This thesis focuses on two objectives: analyzing the relationship between the model-based implied cost of equity capital (ICC) and the future realized returns at both individual firm level and whole market level; evaluating the performance of valuation models when the model-based ICC is […]

By Nguyen Thi Hong Cam (VNP 22) Supervisor: Dr. Vo Tat Thang Abstract Children healthcare and gender discrimination are a real challenge to China in the process of achieving its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In this study, we investigate the influence of mothers’ education on the health status of their children in the context of […]

By Bui Thi Hong Chinh (VNP 22) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Thi Thuy Linh Abstract After a period of growth and affected by the crisis, Vietnam’s economy has decreased. Hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized enterprises went bankrupt and shut down. Loan is a solution for business to expand scale, increase sales and profits, but […]

By Le Kim Dung (VNP 22) Supervisor: Dr. Truong Dang Thuy Abstract Many theoretical and empirical studies suggest that economic growth depends on various factors such as physical capital, human capital, openness to trade, macroeconomic conditions, corruption perceptions, education, and population growth. This study focuses on summarizing these studies and examining the total impact of […]

By Nguyen Thi Ha Giang (VNP22) Supervisor: Dr. Le Van Chon Abstract Base on household decisions relating to child labor, this paper employs the Young Lives Dataset and Heckman’s selection model to explore the impacts of health shocks on child labor in Vietnam during the period of 2006-2009. This study also considers whether the buffering […]

By Vu Thu Ha (VNP 22) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Trong Hoai Abstract This paper combines cumulative causation theory and relative deprivation theory to explain incentives and influences on decision to send migrants of a household, concerning interaction of the household’s characteristics, especially factors related to income, and the features of the origin community. Two subsets […]

By Nhu Dinh Hiep (VNP 22) Supervisor: Dr. Vo Hong Duc Abstract This study is conducted to evaluate the degree of the business cycle synchronization in the 10 ASEAN economies from 2000-2016. To overcome the limitation of the old measuring technique and data constraints, this study makes use of the new measure of business cycle […]

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 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 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 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 […]