This study constructs an economic experiment using behavioral game theory to figure out policies that discourage illegal logging in Thailand. A player is assigned to be either a police or an outlaw in the game. The game randomly matches two players in different roles. The lawbreaker can offer a...

This paper compares the accuracy of sales forecasting between Bass model (Bass, 1969) and Logistic function (Stoneman, 2010). It uses several ways to estimate the models; least squares with quadratic interpolation, least squares with quasi-Newton, maximum likelihood with quadratic interpolation...

This study investigates determinants of golden locations in Chiang Mai city. It surveys 100 locations with 50 golden and 50 bad locations. It takes photographs of the locations and figures out the characteristics of them. It uses Binary Logit to classify between the golden and bad locations. The...

This paper examines the time variation in return volatility in the Stock Exchange of Thailand during 1975-2010. Using GARCH-type methodology, together with Bai and Perron’s structural break test, we find that there are two structural breaks in the mean of the conditional volatility of both...

The purpose of this research paper is to examine the impact of human capital in terms of health and education on economic growth of nine countries in Southeast Asia. The empirical results are based on the analysis of annual panel data from 1960 to 2009. The methods used in this research are...

Hypertension, which has been well recognized as a major independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease and stroke, is one of the most significant health problems now facing China. This study addresses how socio-economic development of areas affects hypertension prevalence, awareness and...

The research investigates the impacts of eco-tourism in the Mae Wang Watershed, Chiang Mai Province, Northern Thailand. It answers a set of policy-related questions concerning the effects of eco-tourism on consumption, poverty and the natural environment in three village communities, whose...

In this research, there are three purposes: to study a general condition of the residents in Thipanate’s community, to study a level of happiness of those living in Thipanate’s community and to analyze factors (playing an important part) important to the happiness of the population in, Muang...

This study investigates key success factors that drive the fashion design industry in Thailand. It emphasizes only Thai designers and their brands. It measures the success of each brand by numbers of domestic and international branches, and numbers of given “like” in Facebook. It found that...

This paper analyses the Panel Granger-causality relationship between GDP growth rate and inflation rate. Using Quaterly data for 5 South-East Asian Countries from 2nd quarter in 1997- 4th quarter in 2011, we conclude that there is clear Granger causality between GDP growth rate and inflation...