Typescript. / Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1986. / Bibliography: leaves [96]-99. / Photocopy. / vii, 99 leaves, bound maps 29 cm

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1990. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 194-216) / Microfiche. / xix, 216 leaves, bound ill. 29 cm

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1991. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 204-208) / Microfiche. / xii, 208 leaves, bound 29 cm

Chan, Sheung Tat. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 61-63). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 2 --- Literature review --- p.5 / Chapter 3 --- The model --- p.14 / Chapter 3.1 --- The maximization problem --- p.14 / Chapter 3.2 --- Steady state and balanced growth path --- p.19 / Chapter 4 --- The analysis of the migration patterns and growth --- p.25 / Chapter 4.1 --- Case when education efficiency is proportional to the technological effi- ciency --- p.29 / Chapter 4.2 --- Case when foreign country has sufficiently large comparative advantage in technology --- p.34 / Chapter 4.3 --- Case when bilateral migration occurs --- p.40 / Chapter 5 --- Effect of the exogenous factors --- p.43 / Chapter 6 --- Conclusion --- p.49 / Chapter A --- Appendix: solving the endogenous growth model --- p.52 / Chapter A.l --- Solving the endogenous growth model in general form --- p.52 / Chapter A.2 --- Decision of the agents in the model --- p.54 / Chapter A.3 --- Properties of the general form --- p.55 / Chapter B --- Appendix: the steady state and balanced growth path --- p.57 / List of Tables / Chapter 1 --- Pattern of migration --- p.64 / Chapter 2 --- "The initial parameters for the first, second and third simulations" --- p.65 / Chapter 3 --- Comparative statics for proposition 12 --- p.65 / Chapter 4 --- Comparative statics for proposition 13 --- p.66 / List of Figures / Chapter 1 --- Four migration patterns --- p.64 / Chapter 2 --- Variables in the simulations --- p.66 / Chapter 3 --- The home country in first simulation --- p.67 / Chapter 4 --- The foreign country in first simulation --- p.68 / Chapter 5 --- The growth analysis in first simulation --- p.69 / Chapter 6 --- The home country in second simulation --- p.70 / Chapter 7 --- The foreign country in second simulation --- p.71 / Chapter 8 --- The growth analysis in second simulation --- p.72 / Chapter 9 --- The home country in third simulation --- p.73 / Chapter 10 --- The foreign country in third simulation --- p.74 / Chapter 11 --- The growth analysis in third simulation --- p.75

The thesis contains three papers on different areas of housing study in Hong Kong. The first paper focuses on government policy in public housing privatization on housing market and its effect on the overall economy. By comparing the negative impacts of two financial crises in 1997 and 2008 on housing market, the paper tries to offer explanation for the property downturn during 1997-2003. It aims to study how a public housing privatization program would produce adverse effects on housing transactions and the economy. The second one links up the housing market and macro economy. It is found that housing sector appears to serve as a link between exports and domestic expenditures. Housing prices are found to be driven by exports and interest rates over a long period, while housing prices in turn drive domestic expenditures. The last one attempts to investigate the dynamics of private housing market in Hong Kong. Using the cointegarting approach, the paper identifies two cointegrating relations, ie. a long run demand side relation between property price, prime rate, housing price expectation and GDP per capita, and supply side relation between private housing completion, property price, prime rate and land cost, which show a short run disequilibrium dynamics in demand and supply of private housing during 1985 – 2008.

The objective of this study is to evaluate the effects of macroeconomic policy variables on bilateral trade between the United States and Japan. An auto-regressive distributed lag model is developed to estimate the effects of government economic policies on four commodity groups: agriculture; materials and chemicals; machinery and transport equipment; and manufactured goods. Results indicate that monetary policy significantly affects U. S. and Japanese imports of manufactured goods and transport equipment. The results also show that changes in government expenditure have a significant long-run effect on U.S. imports of manufactured goods and Japanese imports of materials and chemicals, while the long-run effects of income and exchange rates are significant for most commodity groups.

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published_or_final_version / Real Estate and Construction / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

published_or_final_version / Economics and Finance / Master / Master of Economics