Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M. Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes special report study entitled: Water : the scientific and spiritual reading of water and its influences in Thai culture. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Ohio State University, 1964. / Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (215-226).

Thesis (M.U.D.)--University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.U.D.)--University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references.

History may show that in complex social economic systems, should other conditions be controlled, different initial settings of property rights may bring different results. This thesis will test if different initial property rights settings in urban villages have resulted in different forms of housing development. Empirical data collected from three Chinese cities (Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Xi'an) showed that the absence of clear and enforceable private property rights in these urban villages has led to high density housing developments uncontrolled by regulations. As a result, rents collected from these villages were lower, which, in turn, led to the earlier renewal of each development. The underlying mechanism is illustrated using an integrated property rights and transaction cost framework, which is testable against empirical observations. Major contributions of the thesis should include the empirical identification of different existing outcomes, the theoretical explanation of the conditions leading to variations in those outcomes, and the testing of various implications (e.g. the effect of high negotiation costs on high building density, the effect of rent increases on the promotion of legal renewals, and the effect of high policing costs on illegal projects). / published_or_final_version / Real Estate and Construction / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

Debates over intellectual property's justifications tend to treat natural rights and utilitarian accounts as competitors, but they should be seen as complements instead. Lockean and Kantian theories of intellectual property highlight the strong interests that intellectual property creators have in profiting from and exercising some degree of control over their work, but neither theory gives sufficient justification for the full assortment of rights that intellectual property owners have under current law. Utilitarian accounts provide an essential supplement to these natural rights theories by focusing on society's interests in the production of useful information and creative expression, but that does not mean intellectual property law should single-mindedly strive only to maximize social welfare. Developing both natural rights-based and utilitarian justifications, this dissertation advances a pluralist account of intellectual property that understands different features of copyright, patent, and trademark law to be serving different normative interests. / Philosophy

published_or_final_version / Comparative Asian Studies / Master / Master of Arts

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