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Program Information : Thesis
A requirement for achieving a Masters degree in Public Policy and Taxation (PPT) is writing a thesis that is then deemed acceptable by a committee of three professors. Each student will choose an original thesis research topic and be responsible for writing the thesis in English. A faculty advisor will be assigned to each student to supervise them through this process. Additionally, a special course titled "Thesis Instruction" teaches students important skills in thesis writing.
Following is a list of graduates of the PPT Masters Degree program, their country and their thesis title:
Cohort Country Name Thesis Title
1 China Wei Chun Zao The Stability of Money Demand in Japan and in China
1 China Xue Lan Lan Reform of the Chinese Individual Income Tax and Recommendations from Japanese Case
1 Ghana Anthony Tengey Djokoto Tax as an Element of an Environmentally Oriented Regulatory Regime Lessons from the experience of Japan
1 India Sadhna Shanker Decentralization Initiative in India:A Focus on Urban Local Bodies
1 Malaysia Latifah Othman The Relative Importance of Tax Incentives to Attract Foreign Direct Investment With Emphasis on the Information Technology Industry
1 Philippines Marlene Tapang Layug Political Business Cycle in the Philippines
1 Sri Lanka Lalith Dharmapriya Balage Don The Role of Tax Incentives in Attracting Foreign Direct Investment to Sri Lanka
1 Vietnam Phung Van Nguyen An Assessment of the Feasibility of Introducing a Corporate Income Tax System in Vietnam
1 Zimbabwe Faith Mazani The Role of Income Tax Policy in Zimbabwe's Public Finance During the Economic Structural Adjustment Program: 1991to1995
1 Mongolia Tsogt Ochirjantsan Transition to Value Added Taxation: A proposal for Mongolia
2 Indonesia Dwi Astuti Social Impact of Financial Crisis and Economic Crisis in Indonesia with Special Reference to Poverty and Unemployment
2 Eritrea Yohannes Isaac Yehdgo The Need for Reform in Eritrean Indirect Tax System: A Proposal to Replace Sales Tax by Value Added Tax
2 Nepal Yam Nath Sharma An Analysis and Estimation of the Potential Revenue of Value Added Tax in Nepal
2 Thailand Ratchada Thipayarat The New Role of State in Thailand: Challenges for the Electricity Supply Industry beyond Privatization
2 Bulgaria Lora Gueorguieva Broussiyska Valuation of Small and Medium Enterprises in Transition to a Market Economy
2 Kenya Stella Atoo Masinde Redirecting Growth and Development Strategy in Kenya: A Shift Towards Attracting More Foreign Direct Investment and Less Aid Dependence
2 India Mukesh Mittal Agricultural Taxation in India
2 China Yang An Transfer Pricing and Foreign Direct Investment in the People's Republic of China
2 Brazil Luis Fernando Wasileuski The Economic Development and Taxation System: A Comparative Study of Brazil and Japan
2 Ghana Paul Nketsia-Mensah The Macroeconomic Environment and the Role of Foreign Capital in Ghana: Lessons from the Development of APEC Countries
3 Nepal Salik Ram Acharya Introduction of Capital Gains Taxation in Nepal: A Path for Widening the Income Tax Base in Nepal
3 Maldives Mohamed Hazmath Abdulla Current Taxation System of the Maldives: A Corporation Tax Proposal
3 Sudan Osama Elfadil Ibrahim Fiscal Dominance, Central Bank Independence and Inflation in the Sudan: An Empirical Analysis
3 Sri Lanka Asoka Neel Ranjith Kalatuwage Don The Structure and Composition of Taxation in Sri Lanka: Historical Trends and Future Prospects with "VAT"
3 Mongolia Hongorzul Dari Introduction of the Computer Assisted Tax Audit Selection System in Mongolia
3 Malawi Chikaiko Catherine Chilima Should Malawi Adopt A Value Added Tax System: A Lesson from the Japan Consumption Tax
3 Indonesia Wira Sakti Nufransa Tax Compliance for E-commerce Taxation in Indonesia
3 Tanzania Pilly Ibrahim Marwa Raising the Ratio of Tax Revenue to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Tanzania through Collection Procedures and Voluntary Tax Compliance - A lesson from Japan
3 Egypt Moussa Alaa El-Din Hassan An Analysis of the Relationship between the Tax Rate and Macroeconomic Aggregates in Egypt
3 Philippines Ma. Judy Catre Regalario An Analysis of the Philippine Individual Income Tax System Using the Japanese System as the Base
4 Philippines Glenita Villano Amoranto A Composite Leading Index of Philippine Manufacturing
4 Kenya Samuel Mbugua Njuru The Composition of Public Expenditure and Economic Growth in Kenya, 1970-2002: An Empirical Investigation
4 India Supriyo De Tax Incentive Policy and Business Fixed Investment in India: A Comparative Evaluation of Policy Alternatives Using a q-Theory Framework for Empirical Estimation and Simulation
4 Malawi Peter C. Chikabadwa Welfare Prospects of Less Developed Participants in Regional Economic Integration (REI): The Case of SADC
4 Lebanon Maher Mahmoud Jalloul The Affect of the Value Added Tax on Social Welfare in Lebanon
5 Indonesia Agus Budiano Improving Foreign Direct Investment in IndonesiaThrough Appropriate Policy Alternatives
5 SierraLeone Allieu Sessay On the Intertemporal Relationship Among Government Spending, Taxation, And Economic Growth in Sierra Leone, 1961-2003
5 Pakistan Anjum Shahzad Banking Reforms in Pakistan-Looking Back, Looking Ahead
5 Bangladesh Md. Salim Reza The Effect of Public Spending, Taxation and Private Investment on Economic Growth in Bangladesh: An Empirical Study
5 China Liu Yi The Impact of Population Aging on Pension Reform in China: Options for Fiscal Sustainability
6 Philippines Susan M. G. Agraviador Building Capacity of Small and Medium Enterprises through Clustering (A Comparative Study of Italy and the Philippines)
6 Nepal Surya Prasad Pokharel Do Budget Deficits Influence Trade Deficits in Developing Countries? Evidence from Multivariate Cointegrated Vector Autoregressive Processes (A Case Study of Nepal)
6 Pakistan Nasreen Nawaz Development of A Tax Equation: A Mathematical Expression Quantifying Tax Revenue by Using Tax Rate, GDP & Fractional Compliance as Explanatory Variables
6 Zimbabwe Melania Mujutywa Inflation Forecasting, Central Bank Independence and the Price Stability Goal: An Analysis of Zimbabwe
6 Indonesia I Gusti Nyoman Sanjaya An Analysis of Indonesia's 2005 Proposed Individual Income Tax Policy Amendments
7 Uzbekistan Ismoil Islamov Government Policy on SME Support in Uzbekistan
7 Indonesia Matondang Elsa Siburian The Effect of Government Expenditure, Money Supply, Manufacturing Exports, and Real Exchange Rates on Indonesian Economic Growth
7 Malawi Chiza Newton Charles Chiumya The Parallel Economy in Malawi: Size, Effect on Tax Revenue, and Policy Options
7 Mongolia Tseyen Enkhjavkhlan Empirical Analysis of Linkages Between FDI Inflows and Trade of Mongolia
7 Nepal Yug Raj Pandey VAT and the Compliance Problem in Nepal: A Comparison with New Zealand
8 Philippines Gregoria Cuento Evangelio Reforming the Philippine Tax System: An Analysis of the Two Tax Reform Programs
8 Colombia Diana Yaneth Kassem Rios Coordination Failures and Premature Deinstrialization in Colombia
8 Tanzania Godfrey Omar Kitundu Determinants of Tax Revenue in Tanzania: A Panel Analysis
8 Indonesia Gorga Parlaungan Industrial Clusters in the Palm Oil Industry in Indonesia
8 Uzbekistan Valeriy Alexandrovich Lee Tax Incentives in Transitional Economics: Importance and Effectiveness in Creation of a Favorable Environment for Foreign Direct Investments
9 Vietnam Nguen Dinh Phong Transfer Pricing Abuse in Vietnam: The Case of Foreign Automobile Enterprises
9 Indonesia Suhut Tumpal Sinaga Transfer Pricing: A Study of the Telecommunications Industry in Indonesia
9 Indonesia Dwi Wulandari Astuti Changing International Economic Relations of the Indonesian Economy to Japan and China: An Analysis of the Impacts of Trade and Foreign Direct Investment
9 Nepal Bhishma Kumar Bhusal Trade Liberalization, Neighbor's Performance and Growth Spillovers: A Myth for Nepal's Economic Growth
9 China Ruan Zhangle Economic Characteristics of Digital Products in E-commerce and Challenges to Tax Administration
10 Jordan Ahmad Nayef Al-Khraisha Tax Incidence - Jordan
10 Bangladesh Md. Firoj Uddin Ahmed The Effect of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on Trade: Evidence from Bangladesh
10 Nepal Hikmat Bahadur Bhandari An Econometric Analysis of Export Concentration and Export Earnings Instability: the Case of Nepal
10 Kenya Beatrice Wangui Tatua Assessing Determinants of Tax Revenue Performance in Kenya
10 Philippines Myrna Valcarcel Sampayo An Empirical Analysis of Foreign Direct Investment, Domestic Investment and Economic Growth in the Philippines
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