Trade openness and environmental quality. Evidence from 24 Asia-Pacific economies (1995-2016)
By Le Bui Xuan Dung (VNP 23) Supervisor: Prof. Peter van Bergeijk Dr. Pham Khanh Nam Abstract: Due to the inconclusive literature on the trade openness-environmental quality nexus as well as the research gap in the environmental effect of trade openness for the Asia-Pacific region specifically, this study aims at analysing the environmental influence […]
The effect of corruption on economic growth. Analysis on high income countries for period 2012 – 2017
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 […]
Impact of income inequality on health from middle and high income countries in 1991-2010
By Pham Dang Xuan Anh (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Van Ngai Abstract The income inequality and average heath of population level relation is tested in this paper with panel data of 48 high and middle income countries over 20 recent years. Evidence of significantly negative impact of income distribution on life expectancy at birth […]
Impact of financial liberalization on private savings rate. A panel data analysis
By Le Thanh Thanh (VNP 20) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Hoang Bao Abstract This paper investigates the impact of financial liberalization on private savings rate. The study covers the data of 58 countries from 1980 to 2005. The Abiad et al (2008) database was used to measure the financial liberalization indices. Three-Stage Least Squares (3SLS) was […]
Income inequality and economic growth: Panel data in South East Asia
By Nguyen Le Phuong Linh (VNP 20) Supervisor: Dr. Tran Tien Khai Abstract This study has examined the impact of different levels of economic growth toward income inequality, applying the Kuznets reverted U-shape model and the Tribble S-curve model by employing the annual panel dataset from 1990 to 2012 at the country-level in the Southeast […]
Demographic factors and economic growth: The bidirectional causality in South East Asia
By Vo Tan Thanh Diep (VNP 20) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Trong Hoai Abstract This study has demonstrated new evidence sustaining the idea that variation in demographic factors is an important determinant of growth in per capita income. Using an annual panel dataset from 1990 to 2013 at the country-level in the Southeast Asia, this study […]
Does firm characteristic matter in capital structure decision? An empirical study of listed food processing companies in Vietnam
By Dinh Thi Thu (VNP 17) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thanh/ Dr. Nguyen Trong Hoai Abstract The aim of this paper is to explore the firm-specific factors that affect the capital structure of food processing companies listed in Vietnamese stock exchange. The paper firstly reviews theories of capital structure: trade-off theory, pecking-order theory and other […]
The effect of climate fluctuation on output in developing countries
By Ngo Khanh Lien Huong (VNP 17) Supervisor: Dr. Pham Khanh Nam Abstract Climate change is one of the critical problems in recent years on over the world. It impacts on many aspects of human life, that has a lot of researches and evident. This paper has analysis the effect of climate change on the […]
