Faculty of Economics, Chiang Mai University has developed its own computable general equilibrium model (CGE). This paper will reveal the settings of the so called “KS-CGE Model V2012 TypeIII”. It will also introduce the scope and limit of applications that the model can provide.

Business in modern world targets both profit and social responsibility. In the trading-off between making profits and spending for social responsibility, a firm needs to balance these two goals and maintain them in the long-run. Sustainable profit will prevent the firm to fall into the decaying...

This study evaluates four power plant options in Thailand to suggest whether the country should adopt nuclear power plants. It includes a scenario that nuclear power plants are forced to be shut because of natural disaster like what happened at Fukushima Daiishi nuclear power plant in Japan. The...

This paper investigates the impact of skilled labor movements in ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) on nationwide economy of Thailand using Computable General Equilibrium model. The paper mainly focuses on the labor movement in telecommunication industry. The model consists of three steps. First, it...

This paper proposes an empirical method to estimate the model of sustainable profit and corporate social responsibility originated by Sudtasan and Suriya (2013). It suggests analysts to use data from official financial statements of companies which may be reported to the Stock Exchange in a...

This paper explores the factors that influence the users’ decision to migrate from narrowband to broadband services. Data used were obtained from web questionnaire surveys in Japan and the annual Internet User Profile Survey of the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC)...

This paper aims to review the process of mobile phone operators agreeing to introduce mobile number portability (MNP) in Japan. A study group formed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications estimated the proportion of MNP users and analyzed the user benefits and associated costs to...

The aim of this study is to investigate how the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and mass media can motivate people in the disaster area to recover from the Great East Japan Earthquake with empirical data. Both ICT and mass media have played an important role after the...

This paper presents the analyses of the determinants of mobile carrier switching behaviour based on the idea that such the behaviour is the evidence of competition in the mobile market. Indeed, with the possibility to change a mobile service provider, there will be less concentration of...