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SUMMARY:Thesis Public Defense | VNP30 - Lê Thị Mỹ Quỳnh
DESCRIPTION: Impact of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) policy on area of plastic dump site in Indonesia \nStudent: Lê Thị Mỹ Quỳnh\, VNP-30 \nSupervisor: Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Pellegrini & Dr. Trương Đăng Thụy \nAbstract: \nPlastics are deeply embedded in modern economies due to their versatility\, durability\, and low cost\, yet they also cause long-term environmental damages\, which require environmental policies to counter this issue. This thesis investigates the correlation between Indonesia’s Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) policy and the dynamics of plastic dump sites across 34 provinces from 2017 to 2021. Leveraging satellite‑derived data\, from Global Plastic Watch (GPW) and provincial macro‑economic indicators the research adopts a fixed‑effects regression model to evaluate changes in plastic dump-site area and its growth rate before and after the enactment of EPR in a developing country context – Indonesia. The findings indicate that the introduction of EPR is associated with a statistically significant reduction in the expansion of plastic dump sites\, even after controlling for GDP\, population\, industrial activity\, and foreign direct investment (FDI). Robustness checks incorporating shocks in plastic waste trade balance and industrial-FDI interaction terms reveal that after EPR implementation\, the positive early-stage change in environmental performances are most pronounced in provinces with higher industrial concentration and greater FDI inflows\, suggesting capacity-dependent compliance and technology transfer mechanisms. While Indonesia’s EPR remains voluntary\, the results imply that it is associated with corporate behavior and environmental outcomes. This study provides early empirical evidence on the presence of EPR in a developing-country context could contribute to better environment and highlights the importance of industrial structure and international investment in enabling circular-economy transitions. \nKey words: Extended producer responsibility\, Environmental policy\, Eco-design\, Plastic waste\, Plastic dump site
URL:https://vi.vnp.edu.vn/event/thesis-public-defense-vnp30-le-thi-my-quynh/
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SUMMARY:Thesis Public Defense | VNP30 - Trương Trần Minh Thư
DESCRIPTION:Corruption\, shadow economy and economic growth: investigating in emerging countries \nStudent: Trương Trần Minh Thư\, VNP-30 \nSupervisor: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Võ Tất Thắng \nAbstract: \nThe relationship between corruption\, the size of the shadow economy\, and economic growth is a complex and controversial topic\, especially in the context of developing countries that are\ncharacterized by weak institutions and bureaucratic burdens. The study uses panel data of 40 developing countries in the period from 2009 to 2020 to investigate the relationships among corruption\, shadow economy and economic growth. The study applies different regression methods\, from the basic Pooled OLS regression method to 2SLS and IV-GMM methods incorporating respective instrumental variables and jack-knifed method to address endogeneity. The results reflected a relationship between corruption and the shadow economy as corruption positively affects the expansion of the shadow economy and negatively impact on economic growth. The study also pointed out the impact of the shadow economy on increasing corruption and hindering economic development in developing countries but still should further investigation due to certain limitations. According to the above empirical results\, a number of policy proposals were developed to emphasize the importance of governance quality\, optimization intermediary channels to narrow the size of underground economic and minimize the negative impacts of corruption on economic development. \nKeywords: shadow economy\, corruption\, economic growth\, IV-GMM\nJEL classification: C26\, D73\, O17\, O47
URL:https://vi.vnp.edu.vn/event/thesis-public-defense-vnp30-truong-tran-minh-thu/
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SUMMARY:Thesis Public Defense | VNP30 - Nguyễn Thị Bích Hiền
DESCRIPTION:Migration impact on household micronutrient vulnerability: a VEP analysis in Vietnam \nStudent: Nguyễn Thị Bích Hiền\, VNP-30 \nSupervisor: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Võ Tất Thắng \nAbstract: \n Migration affects millions of Vietnamese households\, yet its impact on nutritional vulnerability remains poorly understood. While existing research focuses primarily on macronutrients and current nutritional status\, comprehensive assessment of micronutrient vulnerability and future risk remains limited. This study addresses this gap by examining how different migration types affect household nutritional vulnerability across 42 essential nutrients. Using panel data from the Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey 2016-2018 covering 4\,071 households\, we apply the Vulnerability as Expected Poverty method with reference lines to measure the probability of future nutritional deficiency. We employ fixed effects models to control for unobserved household heterogeneity and instrumental variable approaches using historical migration networks to address endogeneity concerns. The analysis reveals distinct differentiated impacts depending on migration duration and employment status. Short-term non-labor migration significantly increases vulnerability for macronutrients and key micronutrients\, with effects ranging from 13 to 29 percentage points. In contrast\, long-term labor migration reduces vulnerability for minerals including iron\, calcium\, potassium\, magnesium and B vitamins by 6 to 16 percentage points. Heterogeneity analysis shows that poor households\, the Mekong River Delta region\, and households with female migrants face greater vulnerability. These findings suggest the need for differentiated policy interventions targeting specific migration types and vulnerable population groups to improve nutritional security.\n \nKeywords: Migration\, Vulnerability as Expected Poverty\, Nutritional Vulnerability\, Micronutrients\, Food Security\, Vietnam\nJEL Classification: O15\, I12\, I15\, J61\, Q18
URL:https://vi.vnp.edu.vn/event/thesis-public-defense-vnp30-nguyen-thi-bich-hien/
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SUMMARY:Thesis Public Defense | VNP30 - Vũ Đức Ngọc Thiện
DESCRIPTION:Climate change\, emissions trading systems\, and women’s political empowerment: Evidence from a cross-country analysis \nStudent: Vũ Đức Ngọc Thiện\, VNP-30 \nSupervisor: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Phạm Khánh Nam \nAbstract: \n Market-based environmental policy instruments have gained increasing prominence in global climate change mitigation efforts\, yet their effectiveness may depend on broader institutional and social conditions. This study examines the environmental impacts of emissions trading systems (ETS) and the role of women’s political empowerment in shaping their effectiveness. Using a panel of 84 countries over the period 2000 – 2023\, the analysis combines two-way fixed effects and a staggered difference-in-differences framework to evaluate the direct and interactive effects of ETS adoption and women’s political empowerment on national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The empirical results indicate that ETS adoption is associated with statistically significant reductions in per capita GHG emissions\, supporting the effectiveness of market-based instruments in climate mitigation. In addition\, higher levels of women’s political empowerment are correlated with lower emissions\, measured in carbon dioxide equivalent terms. Robustness checks and diagnostic tests confirm the stability of these findings. Importantly\, the study finds that women’s political empowerment moderates the effectiveness of ETS\, with stronger emission-reducing effects observed in countries where women’s political influence is relatively high. Mechanism analyses suggest that this moderating role operates partly through better environmental governance capacity and higher female labor force participation\, both of which are associated with improved environmental\noutcomes. Furthermore\, disaggregated analyses by gas type reveal that the effects of ETS and women’s empowerment are most pronounced for carbon dioxide emissions\, while impacts on methane\, nitrous oxide\, and fluorinated gases are more limited. Overall\, the findings highlight the importance of integrating market-based environmental policies with inclusive political institutions\, suggesting that gender-inclusive governance may enhance the effectiveness of climate policy instruments.
URL:https://vi.vnp.edu.vn/event/thesis-public-defense-vnp30-vu-duc-ngoc-thien/
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SUMMARY:Thesis Public Defense | VNP30 - Nguyễn Khôi Nguyên
DESCRIPTION:The impact of feed-in tariff on green total factor productivity: cross-country empirical evidence \nStudent: Nguyễn Khôi Nguyên\, VNP-30 \nSupervisor: Prof.Dr. Lorenzo Pellergrini & Assoc.Prof.Dr. Phạm Khánh Nam \nAbstract: \nAn unprecedented rate of global warming poses rising threats to economies\, despite intensive climate actions taken. As a market-pull instrument\, the feed-in tariff (FIT) is crucial for the renewable energy transition and carbon mitigation. Still\, the programme cannot exert consistent influences on economic outcomes. Building on the directional distance function\, the global Malmquist-Luenberger indicator (MLI) provides a non-parametric measure of green total factor productivity (GTFP)\, decomposed into technological change (TECH) and efficiency change (TECCH). It also credits both desirable and undesirable outputs\, serving as an environmentally sensitive alternative to the Solow residual. This paper examines the effect of FIT on GTFP growth and its components across 56 countries from 1990 to 2019. Using temporal and spatial instruments\, the continuous updating estimator in the generalised method of moments is adopted to address endogenous treatment effects. The specification also uses Newey-West standard errors to account for autocorrelation and heteroskedasticity across residuals. Empirically\, FIT exerts higher annualised growth rates in GTFP and TECCH for implementing parties\, except for TECH. Similar patterns are observed among OECD members\, in contrast to the offsetting influences of MLI components in non-OECD counterparts. Moreover\, overgenerous rates fail to translate into proportionate green performance\, whereas FIT exhibits more pronounced gains for maturing renewable technologies. Hence\, a combination of country-tailored policies\, technology-specific incentives\, and augmenting R&D investments is indispensable to complement FIT. This generates simultaneous stimuli for technical dissemination and shifts of the production frontier. Remuneration degression should also be imposed to maximise the baseline advantages of diffusion-driven GTFP growth. \nKeywords: Feed-in tariffs; Malmquist-Luenberger productivity indicator; green total factor productivity; technological progress; efficiency improvement.\nJEL codes: Q48\, D24\, O33\, O47\, C14\, C26\, H23
URL:https://vi.vnp.edu.vn/event/thesis-public-defense-vnp30-nguyen-khoi-nguyen/
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