Course Descriptions

Reading List

Varian, H. R. (2019). Intermediate microeconomics: A Modern Approach. W.W. Norton. 

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Mankiw, N.G. (2016) Macroeconomics. Worth Publishers.

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Wooldridge, J.M. (2020). Introductory econometrics: A Modern Approach. Cengage Learning.

Mitchell, M.N. (2010). Data management using Stata: A Practical Handbook. Stata Press.

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Moffett, M.H. (1999). Cases in international finance. Pearson

Monetary and Economic Department (2022). Triennial central bank survey: Foreign Exchange Turnover in April 2022. Bank for International Settlements.

Cross, S.Y. (1998). All about the foreign exchange market in the United States. Federal Reserve Bank of New York. 

Melvin, M. & Norrbin, S. (2013). International money and finance. Academic Press.

ter Ellen, S., Verschoor W.F.C., & Zwinkels, R.C.J. (2013) Dynamic expectation formation in the foreign exchange market. Journal of International Money and Finance, 37. 75-97.

Harvey, C.R., Ramachandran, A. & Santoro, J. (2021), DeFi and the future of finance. John Wiley & Sons. 

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Part 1

Roberts, M. J., Hsiao, W., Berman, P., and Reich, M. R. (2008). Getting Health Reform Right: A Guide to Improving Performing and Equity. Oxford University Press. 

Witvorapong, N., Ratisukpimol, W., and Watanapongvanich, S. (2019). “Effectiveness of Alcohol-prevention Social Marketing in the Presence of Alcohol Advertising.” Journal of Social Marketing, 9(3), 309-328.

Witvorapong, N. , and Yakubu, K. Y. ( 2019). “Effectiveness of Antimalarial Interventions in Nigeria: Evidence from Facility- level Longitudinal Data.” Health Services Research, 54(3), 669-667.

Part 2

Becker, S.O., and Ichino, A. (2002). “Estimation of average treatment effects based on propensity scores.” The Stata Journal, 2(4), 358-377. 

Cameron, A.C., and Trivedi, P.K. (2005). Microeconometrics Methods and Applications. Cambridge University Press. 

Damrongplasit, K., Hsiao, C. and Zhao, X. (2009). “Decriminalization and Marijuana Smoking Prevalence: Evidence from Australia.” Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 28(3), 344-356. DOI: 10.1198/jbes.2009.06129 

Damrongplasit, K. and Atalay, K. (2020). Billing system and health care utilization: Evidence from Thailand. Journal of Health Economics, 73, 1-11. 

Damrongplasit, K. and Atalay, K. (2021). Payment Mechanism and Hospital Admission: New Evidence from Thailand Healthcare Reform. Social Science & Medicine, 291, 1-10. 

Dehejia, R.H., and Wahba, S. (1999). “Casual Effects in Nonexperimental Studies: Reevaluating the Evaluation of Training Programs.” Journal of the American Statistical Association, 94(448), 1053-1062. 

Gertler, P.J., Martinez, S., Premand, P., Rawlings, L.B., and Vermeersch, C.M.J. (2011). Impact Evaluation in Practice. The World Bank. 

Jacob, R. and Zhu, P. (2012). A Practical Guide to Regression Discontinuity. https://www.mdrc.org/sites/default/files/RDD%20Guide_Full%20rev%202016_ 0.pdf 

Lokshin, M. and Sajaia, Z. (2004). “Maximum likelihood estimation of endogenous switching regression models.” The Stata Journal, 4(3), 282-289. 

Lokshin, M. and Sajaia, Z. (2011). “Impact of interventions on discrete outcomes: Maximum likelihood estimation of the binary choice models with binary endogenous regressors.” The Stata Journal, 11(3), 368-385. 

Part 3

Lee, C. and Yong-Bae, J. (2009). “Data Envelopment Analysis in Stata”. DC09 Stata Conference 4, Stata Users Group, revised 29 Dec 2009. 

Herrera, S. and Ouedraogo, A. (2018). “Efficiency of Public Spending in Education, Health, and Infrastructure: An International Benchmarking Exercise”, World Bank - Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Global Practice. 

Yoon, Y. (memo) Measuring Public Expenditure Efficiency, ESCAP. 

Acock, A.C. (2013). Discovering Structural Equation Modeling Using Stata. Stata Press 

Cain, M. (2021). Structural Equation Modeling using Stata. Journal of Behavioral Data Science, 1(2), 156–177. https://doi.org/10.35566/jbds/v1n2/p7 

Yoon, Y., Witvorapong, N. and Pothisiri, W. (2017). “Perceptions towards the elderly among the Thai working-age population: a structural equation modeling analysis”. International Journal of Economics and Management 11, 271–286. 

Cleves, M., Gould, W., Gutierrez, R. and Marchenko, Y. (2010). An Introduction to Survival Analysis Using Stata (3rd. ed.). Stata Press. 

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Case Study Sources

Harvard Publisher https://hbsp.harvard.edu/import/1110295

Nikkei BizRuptors https://www.nikkeibizruptors.com/invite?target=63482d03-e226-4023-871a-727551e1a501

Textbook (Optional)

Peng, M. W. (2023).  Global Business (5e).  Singapore: Cengage.

Peng, M. W., & Meyer, K. (2019). International Business (3e). Cengage Learning EMEA. 

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TBA

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TBA

Reading List (Examples)

Frey, B., & Stutzer, A. (2002). The economics of happiness. World Economics, 3(1), 25-42.

Kesavayuth, D., Poyago-Theotoky, J., Tran, D.B., & Zikos, V. (2020). Locus of control, health and healthcare utilization. Economic Modelling, 86, 227-238.

Kesavayuth, D., Shangkhum, P., & Zikos, V. (2022). Well-being and physical health: A mediation analysis. Journal of Happiness Studies, 23(6), 2849-2879.

Phelps, C. (2010) Health Economics, 4th edition. Ch. 1-3, 4-5, 10.

Manning, W., Newhouse, J.P., Duan, N., Keeler, E.B., & Leibowitz, A. (1987). Health insurance and the demand for medical care: Evidence from a randomized experiment. American Economics Review, 77(3), 251-277.

Sloan, F.A., & Hsieh, C.-R. (2016). Hospital ownership and performance. In Health Economics (Second Edition), pp 221-230, MIT Press.

Tynkkynen, L.-K., & Vrangbæk, K. (2018). Comparing public and private providers: A scoping review of hospital services in Europe. BMC Health Services Research, 18(1), 141.

Murray, C.J.L., Salomon, J., Mathers, C. “A Critical Examination of Summary Measures of Population Health”, in C.J.L. Murray, J.A. Salomon, C.D. Mathers and A.D. Lopez (eds), Summary Measures of Population Health: Concepts, Ethics, Measurement and Applications, World Health Organization, Geneva, 2002.

Dynan, K., Sheiner, L. GDP as a measure of Economic Wellbeing, Hutchins Center Working Paper #43, August 2018. Available online at  WP43-8.23.18.pdf (brookings.edu)

Morris, D.M., “The Physical Quality of Life Index”, Development Digest, 1979.

UNDP, Human Development Report 2021-2022. Technical Notes. Calculating Human Development Index. hdr2021-22_technical_notes.pdf  and indices (undp.org)

Preston, S., “The changing relation between mortality and level of economic development”, Population studies, Volume 29, Number 2, July 1975, pp. 231-248.

Lange, S, Vollmer, S. “The effect of economic development on population health: a review of the empirical evidence”, British Medical Bulletin, Volume 121, 2017, pp. 47–60, doi:10.1093/bmb/ldw052 (first part)

Gürler M, Özsoy Ö. “Exploring the relationship between life expectancy at birth and economic growth in 56 developing countries.” Journal of Global Health Reports, Volume 3, 2019;e2019001.

Reading List (Examples)

Boeri , T. and Ours, J. (2013). The Economics of Imperfect Labor Markets. Second Edition. Princeton University Press.

Ehrenberg, Ronald G. and Smith, Robert S., (2012). Modern Labor Economics Theory and Public Policy. Eleventh Edition, Cornell University. Pearson.

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Browning, M., Chiappori, P-A., and Weiss, Y. (2014). Economics of the Family. Cambridge University Press.

Pimpawatin, P., and N., Witvorapong. (2023). Direct and Indirect Effects of Parenthood on Later-Life Happiness: Evidence from Older Adults in Thailand. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 44, 249-266. 

Pimpawatin, P., and N., Witvorapong. (2022). Parenthood and life satisfaction: The role of welfare regimes. Journal of Population and Social Studies, 30(2022), January-December 2022, 652-678.

Vo, N. X., T. Q., Vo, S., Watanapongvanich, and N., Witvorapong. (2019). Measurement and Determinants of Quality of Life of Older Adults in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Social Indicators Research, 142(3), 1285-1303.

Witvorapong, N., Y., Yoon, and W., Pothisiri. (2022). Do Expectations for Post-Retirement Family and Government Support Crowd Out Pre-Retirement Savings? Insights from the Working-Age Population in Thailand. Journal of Pension Economics & Finance, 21(2), 218-236.

Witvorapong, N. (2018). Healthy Behaviours and Productive Activities among Thai Older Adults: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Analysis. Social Science & Medicine, 213, 12-19.

Witvorapong, N. (2015). The Relationship between Upstream Intergenerational Transfers and Wealth of Older Adults: Evidence from Thailand. Journal of Population Research, 32, 215-242. 

Xue, Q., and N., Witvorapong. (2022). Effects of Socioeconomic Status on Aging People’s Health in China. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 43, 476-488. 

Xue, Q., and N., Witvorapong. (2023). Impacts of health insurance on health care utilization and health behaviors among older people in China. China Economic Journal, 16(1), 80-99.

Xue, Q., and N., Witvorapong. (2021).  The Impact of Living Arrangements of Older People on Intergenerational Transfers from their Adult Children in China. Singapore Economic Review. 

Yong, Y., N., Witvorapong, and W., Pothisiri. (2017). Perceptions towards the Elderly among the Thai Working-Age Population: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis. International Journal of Economics and Management, 11(S1), 271-286. 

Reading List (Examples)

Christensen, L.B., Johnson, R.B., Turner, L.A. 2015. Research methods, design, and analysis (12th ed.). Pearson Education Limited.

Herberholz, C. 2022. Untangling the literature review: A guide for undergraduate and graduate students in economics (2nd ed., e-book). Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University.

Ash, Elliott and Stephen Hansen (2023). "Text Algorithms in Economics", Annu. Rev. Econ. 15:659–88.

Grading System: S/U (3 Credits) 

In-deep research on topics of students’ choice and proposals developed from the research methodology course; analysis and interpretation of research results; writing research paper appropriate to the academic profession under the supervision of the faculty advisor.

Grading System: S/U (3 Credits) 

Independent study on topics of students’ choice and proposals developed from the research methodology course; analysis and interpretation of research results; writing and giving a seminar on the individual study paper.

Grading System: S/U (- Credits) 

Examination covering track subjects.

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TBA

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TBA

Reading List (Examples)

Ceritoğlu (2013). The impact of labour income risk on household saving decisions in Turkey. Review of the Economics of the Household, 11, 109-129. DOI: 10.1007/s11150-011-9137-2

Huang (2013). Intergenerational transmission of educational attainment: The Role of household assets. Economics of Education Review, 33, 112-123.

De Bruin et al. (2020). New insights on suicide: uncertainty and political conditions. Applied Economics Letters, 27:17, 1424-1429. DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2019.1686453

Sohn (2005). Does the gravity model explain South Korea’s trade flow?. The Japanese Economic Review, 56(4), 417 – 430.

Kien (2009). Gravity model by panel data approach: An empirical application with implications for the ASEAN Free Trade Area. ASEAN Economic Bulletin, 26(3), 266-77.

Bartram (2011). Economic migration and happiness: Comparing immigrants’ and natives’ happiness gains from income. Social Indicators Research, 103(1), 57-76. DOI: 10.1007/s11205-010-9696-2

Hayo and Caris (2013). Female labour force participation in the MENA region: The role of identity. Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, 9(3), 271-292. DOI: 10.1515/rmeef-2013-0021

Atteraya et al. (2018). Determinants of child maltreatment in Nepal: Results from the 2014 Nepal multiple indicator cluster survey (the 2014 NMICS). Child Abuse & Neglect, 76, 400-407.

Elgar et al. (2011). Social capital, health and life satisfaction in 50 countries. Health & Place, 17, 1044-1053.

Malik et al. (2022). COVID-19 lockdowns and children’s health and well-being. Journal of Economic Psychology, 93: 102549. 

Reading List (Examples)

Conti, G., E., Pizzo, S., Morris, and M., Melnychuk. (2020). The Economic Costs of Child Maltreatment in UK. Health Economics, 30, 3087-3105. 

Jirarattanasopha, V., N., Witvorapong, and P. Hanvoravongchai. (2018). Social Return on Investment for Community-Based Alcohol Consumption Control Program during Buddhist Lent. Journal of Health Research, 32(6), 398-407.