The impact of marriage on happiness in Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam
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 […]
Economic benefits of foreign aid: An analysis of China’s aid to Africa
By Nguyen Quynh Anh (VNP 22) Supervisor: Dr. Howard Nicholas / Dr.Nguyen Trong Hoai Abstract This study considered the motives of Chinese aid to Africa with an emphasis being on the economic motives of aid. The analysis undertaken concluded that Chinese aid, like OECD aid in general, serves the interests of the donor, specifically economic […]
Maginal price of urban flooding in Ho Chi Minh City
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 […]
Financial distress and bankruptcy prediction: an appropriate models for listed firms in Vietnam
By Pham Vo Ninh Binh (VNP 22) Supervisor: Dr. Vo Hong Duc Abstract This paper aims to develop a comprehensive model, which is the first of its kind in Vietnam, for the purpose of financial distress and bankruptcy prediction of the Vietnamese listed firms. The entire research period from 2003-2016 considers the financial distress likelihood […]
Systematic risk in the capital asset pricing model for Australia: A clinical death?
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 […]
The role of maternal education in child health: Evidence from China
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 […]
The impact of loans to small and medium enterprises: The case study of Vietnam
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 […]
The effect of corruption on economic growth in Southeast Asia countries
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 […]
The impacts of health shocks on child labor: Evidence in Vietnam
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 […]
An explanation for Vietnam’s recent migration pattern based on cumulative causation theory and relative deprivation theory
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 […]
Airline choice for domestic flights in Vietnam: Application of multinomial logit model
By Tran Phuoc Tho (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Truong Dang Thuy Abstract In 2015, Vietnam witnessed the booming of airline industry. The participation of low cost carriers makes the airline market more and more competitive. Understanding the behavior of passengers is essential for any carriers to make their strategic policies. This study employs the multinomial […]
Effects of social capital on self-rated life-satisfaction among residents: Evidence from Vietnam
By Truong Ngoc Anh Thu (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Pham Khanh Nam Abstract This dissertation provides an insight into the relationship between self-rated life-satisfaction and social capital, controlling for some demographic and individual characteristics in rural Vietnam as well as tests the theoretical predictions of the social capital investment model from the data of Vietnam […]
Parental absence and child labor in Vietnam
By Nguyen Ngoc Minh Thu (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Hoang Bao Abstract Child labor is defined as a task which had took out the childhood from children; have an ability to affect negatively on child physical and mental development. These tasks also obstruct child schooling by disposing child from the chance of learning at […]
The effects of foreign bank entry, deregulation on bank efficiency in Vietnam
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 […]
The impact of audit quality on firm performance: Empirical Evidence in Vietnam
By Le Thi Anh Thu (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Le Ho An Chau Abstract This study empirically examines the impact of audit quality on firm performance in Vietnam. Audit quality is considered as an external monitoring factor which objectively affects firm performance. In this thesis, audit quality is measured by three variables including audit rotation, […]
External and private return to education by using instrument variables approach: Evidence in Vietnam with a panel data
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, […]
Outsourcing and total factor productivity: Evidence from Vietnamese small and medium-sized enterprises
By Pham Thi Hoa Tien (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Pham Thi Bich Ngoc Abstract This study aims to examine the impacts of outsourcing activities on firms total factor productivity of 4,549 Vietnamese enterprises by using a panel dataset of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises during the period from 2005 to 2013. It is supposed to contribute […]
Firm’s histories, managerial entrenchment and leverage ratio from Vietnam’s listed firms
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 […]
Inter-relationship between capital structure, free cash flow, diversification and firm performance
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 […]
The impact of corporate social responsibility on firm performance: The case of in Vietnamese companies
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 […]
Factors of consumer’s choices: A reaveled preferences analysis for 3 in 1 coffee
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. […]