Ding, Yue. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013. / Includes bibliographical references. / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts also in Chinese.

Yuan, Jiang. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 48-51). / Abstract also in Chinese. / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1 --- Theoretical Literature --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Menu Cost Model --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Signal Extraction Model --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Monetary Search Model --- p.7 / Chapter 2.2 --- Empirical Literature --- p.8 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Inflation and Relative Price Variability in a Transitional Economy Evidence from China --- p.10 / Chapter 3.1 --- Data and Variables --- p.10 / Chapter 3.2 --- Inflation Decomposition --- p.19 / Chapter 3.3 --- Empirical Evidence --- p.14 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Inflation and RPV --- p.14 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Robustness --- p.18 / Chapter 3.4 --- Conclusion --- p.20 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Inflationary Regimes and Relative Prices --- p.22 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.22 / Chapter 4.2 --- The Change of Inflationary Regimes in China: 1978-2008 --- p.23 / Chapter 4.3 --- Inflationary Regimes and Relative Price --- p.25 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Preliminary Evidence --- p.25 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Empirical Evidence --- p.27 / Chapter 4.4 --- Structure Change --- p.32 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Endogenous Breakpoint Test --- p.32 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Test Results on the Changing Role of Expected Inflation --- p.33 / Chapter 4.5 --- Conclusion --- p.35 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Institutional Cost and Relative Price Variability --- p.36 / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.36 / Chapter 5.2 --- "Institutional Cost, Price Adjustment, and Relative Price Variability in China" --- p.38 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Background --- p.38 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Institutional cost --- p.39 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- The relationship between institutional cost and relative price variability --- p.42 / Chapter 5.3 --- The Empirical Evidence --- p.43 / Chapter 5.4 --- Conclusion --- p.45 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Conclusion and Implications --- p.46 / Reference --- p.48

No description available.

No description available.

published_or_final_version / Geography / Master / Master of Philosophy

Chinese cities have experienced dramatic growth and transformation since the initiation of economic reforms in 1978. One of the main characteristics of contemporary urban development in China has been the massive expansion of urban land, which has become one of the most important means to generate fiscal revenue and promote local economic growth. The existing literature on urban China has addressed issues such as China’s urbanization, changing urban land use and changing public finance. What is missing from the existing literature is the interrelationship among these three processes. The links between urban socioeconomic development and land use change remain poorly understood, and the discussion of the relationship between institutional changes and urban land development has been rather limited. This thesis takes a political economy perspective to investigate the relationship among institutional changes, urban land development and urban socio-economic changes in Chinese cities, using Beijing as a case. The main argument made in this study is that urban land development has worked as an important medium to channel the effects of institutional changes toward shaping the pattern of urban economic and social development. During the period of 1996 -2008, Beijing experienced large-scale urban expansion. The area of agricultural land and unused land dropped by 1.1% and 2.9% respectively while the land used for construction increased by 5.6%, and the urban built-up area in 2008 was 2.75 times of the area in 1996. My research has found that the peak of Beijing’s urban land development occurred in the period of 2001 to 2004 when both the growth of urban construction land and the transaction volume of land conveyance reached their climax. Much of the newly increased construction land was converted from agriculture for industrial use. Over space, urban land development in Beijing was concentrated in the northwestern and eastern regions. My detailed analysis of the sources and dynamics of urban land development in Beijing has identified profound institutional changes made in the central-municipal fiscal relations as the most important driving forces responsible for the temporal, structural, and spatial characteristics of land development demonstrated in Beijing. My further assessment of the effects of urban land development in Beijing has revealed a mixed picture of improved economic efficiency and persistent social and spatial disparity. The efficiency of Beijing’s economic growth has improved significantly when compared with its past and with other cities in the region. However, the internal variations in urban socioeconomic development in the Beijing city-region has been worsen. By establishing the relationship among the three elements, namely urban land development, institutional changes and urban socio-economic development, this research challenges the conventional wisdom that sees land development as simply the passive outcome of economic growth and suggests that land should better be seen as the “medium” to connect and materialize the effects of changes in the political and institutional arena upon urban social and economic transformation. / published_or_final_version / Geography / Master / Master of Philosophy

published_or_final_version / Comparative Asian Studies / Master / Master of Arts

by Lee Yiu Cho. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 47). / ACKNOWLEDGMENT --- p.iii / ABSTRACT --- p.iv / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.v / LIST OF CHARTS --- p.vi / Chapter / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter II. --- THE HANG SENG INDEX OPTION --- p.3 / Chapter III. --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.6 / Chapter IV. --- METHODOLOGY & DATA COLLECTION --- p.9 / Methodology --- p.9 / The Black-Scholes Model --- p.9 / Data Collection --- p.11 / Data Manipulation --- p.13 / Limitation of Data --- p.14 / Chapter V. --- EMPIRICAL RESULTS --- p.16 / General Trading Pattern --- p.16 / Comparison of Actual and Theoretical Premiums --- p.17 / Analysis for 2 Sub-periods --- p.19 / Correlation Between Deviations and Variables --- p.22 / The Degree of in-the-money or out-of-the-money --- p.22 / Actual Premium Level --- p.23 / Transaction Volume --- p.25 / Chapter VI. --- CONCLUSION --- p.26 / CHARTS --- p.29 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.47

The development and introduction of financial derivatives have great impact on modern finance. Option pricing theory has become a powerful tool to value and to understand these innovations. It is also an indispensable tool to calculate hedge ratios for risk measurement and management. On the one hand, the introduction of new financial derivatives has been blamed for making financial market more volatile and risky as evidenced in the financial markets of the USA and Japan, especially during the expiration of index futures and index options, On the other hand, the applicability of new pricing models to hedging strategies is essential in monitoring and managing option positions. This study tries to give some answers on first: whether the expiration of financial derivatives increases the volatility of the Hong Kong stock market; second: whether we can better hedge by straightly applying more elaborated option valuation models replacing the standard Black-Scholes model, which market participants commonly employed for hedging option positions. Part I of this article addresses the first question while Part II studies the second question. / Yung Hei Ming. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 62-09, Section: A, page: 3138. / Supervisor: Zhang Hua. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references. / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest dissertations and theses, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / School code: 1307.

張志義. / 手稿本, 複本據稿本複印. / Thesis (M.A.)--香港中文大學, 1990. / Shou gao ben, fu ben ju gao ben fu yin. / Includes bibliographical references: leaves 1-59 (3rd group) / Zhang Zhiyi. / Thesis (M.A.)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 1990. / Chapter 第一章： --- 緒言 --- p.1 / （註釋） --- p.8 / Chapter 第二章； --- 東南地區佛教及寺院經濟之發展與慈善公益事業 --- p.11 / Chapter (一) --- 宋代佛教重心之南移與東南地區佛教之及發展 --- p.11 / Chapter (1) --- 漢迄五代佛教在東南地區之發展 --- p.11 / Chapter (2) --- 佛教重心之南移 --- p.24 / Chapter (3) --- 東南地區佛教之興盛與寺院慈善公益事業之關係 --- p.42 / Chapter (二) --- 東南地區寺院經濟之發達與慈善公益事業 --- p.46 / Chapter (1) --- 宋代寺院經濟之發展 --- p.46 / Chapter (2) --- 東南地區經濟之蓬勃與寺院經濟之興盛 --- p.56 / Chapter (3) --- 東南地區寺院經濟之發達與慈善公益事業之關係 --- p.63 / （註釋）　 --- p.76 / Chapter 第三章 --- 東南地區佛教寺院自發營辦之慈善公益事業 --- p.137 / Chapter (一) --- 東南地區寺院積極從事慈善公益事業之原因 --- p.140 / Chapter (1) --- 受佛教之慈悲、福田觀念影響 --- p.140 / Chapter (2) --- 禪宗流行之影響 --- p.144 / Chapter (3) --- 佛教順俗政策之影響 --- p.148 / Chapter (4) --- 佛教寺院欲藉廣種福田以結善緣 --- p.152 / Chapter (二) --- 東南地區寺院所積極從事之慈善公益事業　 --- p.158 / Chapter (1) --- 社會救濟 --- p.158 / Chapter (2) --- 地方建設 --- p.169 / Chapter (3) --- 便俗利民 --- p.179 / Chapter (4) --- 教育事業 --- p.188 / （註釋） --- p.193 / Chapter 第四章 --- 東南地區寺院與官紳合辦之慈善公益事業 --- p.280 / Chapter (一) --- 宋政府委託東南地區寺院興辦之慈善公益事業 --- p.280 / Chapter (1) --- 宋代東南地區官督寺辦慈善益事業之興起 --- p.283 / Chapter (I) --- 政府委託寺院興辦之原因　　　　　　 --- p.283 / Chapter (II) --- 寺院願意接受政府委託之原因 --- p.291 / Chapter (2) --- 宋政府委託寺院所興辦之慈善公益事業 --- p.295 / Chapter (I) --- 社會福利 --- p.295 / Chapter (II) --- 緊急救濟 --- p.302 / Chapter (III) --- 地方建設 --- p.308 / Chapter (二) --- 東南地區佛教寺院興辦的慈善公益事業與鄉紳的關係 --- p.316 / Chapter (1) --- 鄉紳支持或與寺院合辦慈善公益事業之原因 --- p.319 / Chapter (I) --- 宗教因素 --- p.319 / Chapter (II) --- 政治社會因素 --- p.324 / Chapter (2) --- 鄉紳與寺院合辦之慈善公益事業 --- p.329 / （註釋） --- p.337 / Chapter 第五章 --- 結論 --- p.420 / （註釋） --- p.427 / 徵引及參考書目 / 提要