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COMPARATIVE CAPABILITIES, INCOME AND SOCIAL CAPITAL OF CHINESE AND THAI HOUSEHOLDS
IN CHIANG MAI PROVINCE, THAILAND
JIA JIE GUO
MASTER OF ECONOMICS
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY
AUGUST 2011
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COMPARATIVE CAPABILITIES, INCOME AND SOCIAL CAPITAL OF CHINESE AND THAI HOUSEHOLDS
IN CHIANG MAI PROVINCE, THAILAND
JIA JIE GUO
A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL IN PARTIAL FULLFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ECONOMICS
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY
AUGUST 2011
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The writing of this thesis has been one of the most significant academic challenges the author has ever had to face. The author would like to express her gratitude to all those who gave me the possibility to complete this thesis.
This work would not have been possible without the support and encouragement of Lect. Dr. Daniel Schoch, my advisor, under whose supervision I chose this topic and began the theory thesis. The author would like to record my gratitude to co advisor Prof. Dr. Peter H. Calkins for his patience, supervision, advice, and knowledge, which give me inexhaustible power and confidence to complete this thesis.
Words fail to express my appreciation to the professors, lectures, and Dean of Faculty of Economics, Chiang Mai University. And I would like to extend my grateful thanks to all the staffs of Faculty of Economics, Pae Thawarot, Yam Thannutpron and all staffs for their guidance and kindness to me.
My families and friends deserve special mention for their inseparable support and prayers. I conquered difficulties and hold the faith on the way of studying with your love.
Jia Jie Guo