Kwan Wing Kai. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 85-93). / Abstract / Acknowledgment / Chapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- A Review of Recent Studies on the Productivity of Chines Economy --- p.3 / Chapter 1.2 --- Aims of Study --- p.10 / Chapter Chapter 2. --- The Sources of Productivity Growth --- p.16 / Chapter 2.1 --- Degree of Government Intervention --- p.16 / Chapter 2.2 --- Ownership Structure --- p.18 / Chapter 2.3 --- Output Structure --- p.24 / Chapter 2.4 --- Changes in Regional Development Strategy --- p.25 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- Regional Development Strategy before1979 --- p.27 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- Regional Development Strategy since1979 --- p.29 / Chapter 2.4.3 --- The Impacts of Different Regional Strategies on Productivity Change --- p.31 / Chapter Chapter 3. --- Theoretical Framework and Estimation Methods --- p.33 / Chapter 3.1 --- Methed I: The Conventional Approach --- p.35 / Chapter 3.2 --- Method II: Replacing the Variable of the Growth of Capital Stock by Investment-Output Ratio --- p.40 / Chapter 3.3 --- Method III: Approximation of the Production Function by Taylor Expansion --- p.45 / Chapter Chapter 4. --- Empirical Results of the Three Different Methods --- p.51 / Chapter 4.1 --- Estimation Results of the Three Different Methods --- p.51 / Chapter 4.2 --- Comparison of the Estimation Results of the Three Methods --- p.63 / Chapter 4.3 --- An Assessment of Provincial Productivity Growth --- p.66 / Chapter 4.4 --- Regional Productivity Difference since1979 --- p.75 / Chapter Chapter 5. --- Conclusion --- p.82 / References --- p.85 / Appendix 1. List of the Abbreviations for Provinces --- p.94 / Appendix 2. A Summary of Notations --- p.95 / Appendix 3. Estimates of Provincial Capital Stock (1979-1992) --- p.97 / Chapter A3.1 --- Initial value of Capital Stock --- p.98 / Chapter A3.2 --- Net Increase of Capital Stock --- p.101 / Chapter A3.3 --- Estimating the Annual Series of Capital Stock --- p.102 / Appendix 4. The Process of Fiscal Decentralization and Deterioration of Regional Redistribution --- p.106 / Chapter A4.1 --- The Process of Fiscal Decentralization --- p.106 / Chapter A4.2 --- The deterioration of Regional Redistribution --- p.110 / Appendix 5. Estimation Results of the Three Different Methods --- p.114

Zhao, Bo. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 68-73). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.I / Acknowledgement --- p.III / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Background: PRD and YRD --- p.3 / Chapter 1.1.1 --- "PRD, YRD and China" --- p.3 / Chapter 1.1.2 --- Simple profile of PRD and YRD: a city-level observation --- p.9 / Chapter 1.2 --- Objectives of the study --- p.13 / Chapter 2. --- Literature Review --- p.16 / Chapter 2.1 --- Overview of TFP measurement --- p.16 / Chapter 2.2 --- TFP in China --- p.21 / Chapter 2.3 --- China's inward FDI and its importance --- p.25 / Chapter 2.4 --- The relationship between FDI and TFP --- p.31 / Chapter 3. --- Methodology --- p.35 / Chapter 3.1 --- Research hypotheses --- p.35 / Chapter 3.2 --- Model --- p.35 / Chapter 3.3 --- Data and measurement --- p.40 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Data and data sources --- p.40 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Measurement of variables --- p.41 / Chapter 4. --- Statistical Results --- p.44 / Chapter 4.1 --- Estimation of total factor productivity: regression results from OLS and panel estimation --- p.44 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Cobb-Douglas production function: panel estimation --- p.45 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- TFP by cross sections --- p.48 / Chapter 4.1.3 --- TFP through time (1978-2004) --- p.49 / Chapter 4.2 --- Relationships of TFP and FDI and other variables: Pearson correlation analysis --- p.53 / Chapter 4.3 --- Effects on TFP: multiple regression results --- p.56 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Effects of FDI on TFP --- p.58 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Effects of R&D on TFP --- p.59 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Effects of human capital on TFP --- p.60 / Chapter 5. --- Conclusion --- p.63 / References --- p.68

Ngai, Fai Shuet. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-72). / ABSTRACT / ACKNOWLEDGMENT / Chapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- The Management Structure Before1978 --- p.3 / Chapter 1.2 --- The Post-1978 Enterprise Reform --- p.5 / Chapter 1.3 --- An Introduction to Wuhan --- p.8 / Chapter 1.4 --- A Review of Recent Empirical Studies on the Productivity of Chinese Industry --- p.13 / Chapter 1.5 --- Aims of the Study --- p.18 / Chapter Chapter 2. --- "Wuhan's Industrial Productivity Changes, 1962-1992" --- p.24 / Chapter 2.1 --- The Theoretical Framework --- p.24 / Chapter 2.2 --- The Production Function Estimates --- p.26 / Chapter 2.3 --- The Productivity Changes --- p.27 / Chapter Chapter 3. --- The Sources of Productivity Differences - Theoretical Foundation --- p.32 / Chapter 3.1 --- The Technological Progress --- p.32 / Chapter 3.2 --- The Incentive to Work --- p.3 6 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- The Bonus Payment --- p.37 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- The Retained Profit --- p.39 / Chapter 3.3 --- The Vintage Adjustment on Capital --- p.41 / Chapter 3.4 --- The Refined Production Function --- p.42 / Chapter Chapter 4. --- The Sources of Productivity Differences - Empirical Analysis --- p.46 / Chapter 4.1 --- The Estimation Procedure --- p.46 / Chapter 4.2 --- The Empirical Results --- p.49 / Chapter 4.3 --- Discussions on Sources of Productivity Differences --- p.54 / Chapter Chapter 5. --- "An Analysis on Allocative Efficiency,1987-89" --- p.59 / Chapter 5.1 --- An Introduction --- p.59 / Chapter 5.2 --- The Value of Marginal Products and Their Implications --- p.61 / Chapter Chapter 6. --- Concluding Remarks --- p.64 / REFERENCES --- p.67 / APPENDIXES --- p.73 / Appendix 1: The Data Set --- p.74 / Appendix 2: The Correction on Capital --- p.76 / Appendix 3: A Summary of Notations --- p.78 / Appendix 4: The Relationship between Payment Scheme and the Incentive to Work --- p.79 / "Appendix 5a: Mean, Variance, Maximum and Minimum for Each Variable (Original Data)" --- p.81 / "Appendix 5b: Mean, Variance, Maximum and Minimum for Each Variable (Without outliers)" --- p.83

Cheung, Pok Yu. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 39-40). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter Section 1: --- Introduction --- p.P.1-P.11 / Chapter Section 2: --- "Empirical Matter in ""Allocation Puzzle""" --- p.P.11-P.18 / Chapter Section 3: --- "Methodology, Data, and the Relation" --- p.P.18-P.23 / Chapter Section 4: --- Panel Analysis / Chapter 4.1 --- One-factor Regression --- p.P.23-P.28 / Chapter 4.2 --- Multi-factor Regression --- p.P.28-P.30 / Chapter 4.3 --- Arellano-Bond Dynamic Panel GMM Estimation --- p.P.30-P.33 / Chapter 4.4 --- Robustness Check for Western Development --- p.P.33-P.35 / Chapter Section 5: --- Decomposition --- p.P.35-P.37 / Chapter Section 6: --- Conclusion --- p.P.37-P.38 / Reference --- p.P.39-P.40

published_or_final_version / Economics / Master / Master of Social Sciences

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

by Wan Kai Hong. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-102). / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Method --- p.11 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- An Evaluation of Economic Efficiency of State-owned and Collective Enterprises in Hubei --- p.23 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- An Evaluation of Economic Efficiency of International Joint Ventures in Shanghai --- p.44 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Conclusion --- p.90 / References --- p.95 / Tables --- p.103 / Figure --- p.241