Cheung, Kin Tai. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 34-35). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgements --- p.iii / Contents --- p.iv / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.4 / Chapter 3 --- Data Description --- p.7 / Chapter 4 --- Ordinary Least-Squares and Fixed-Effect Estimations --- p.10 / Chapter 4.1 --- OLS Estimation --- p.10 / Chapter 4.2 --- Fixed-Effect Estimation --- p.13 / Chapter 5 --- Cross-sectional and Fixed-Effect IV Estimations --- p.16 / Chapter 5.1 --- Cross-sectional IV Model --- p.16 / Chapter 5.2 --- Fixed-Effect IV Model --- p.23 / Chapter 6 --- Conclusion --- p.29 / Appendix --- p.30 / Estimation Results for Honshu Island --- p.30 / Ordinary-Least Squares Results in 150 observations regression --- p.33 / References --- p.34