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ABU, ABDULLAHI,AWEIS (2023) The Impact of Corporate Governance on Disclosure Practice: An Analysis of Islamic and Conventional Banks in the GCC Countries. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

AHMED, AJAZ (2022) Modelling farmer and consumer preferences for cleaner food production. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

AVIOMOH, HENRY,ESHEMOKHAI (2022) Essays on Conventional and Unconventional Monetary Policies. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

BRENNI, PRECIOUS,ANGELO (2021) Housing Decisions and Public Finances: An Emerging Market Perspective. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

CHAWWA, TEVY (2019) Essays on Macroprudential Policies, Non-bank Financing, and Welfare. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

CHENG, YAO (2020) The Determinants, Implications and Interaction of Consumer Sentiment. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

Di, Jingyuan (2023) Essays on Fine Particulate Matter, Health and Socioeconomic Factors in China. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ESSANAANI, YASSINE (2024) Essays in Religio-Sustainable Financial Markets. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

FETAIS, ALI,HAMAD,M,A (2023) ESSAYS ON ISLAMIC BANKING AND SUKUK MARKETS: LIQUIDITY CREATION, LIQUIDITY AND CREDIT RISK, CAPITAL AND ECONOMIC GROWTH NEXUS. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

HAKIM, LUKMAN (2022) Structural Analyses of Behavioral Errors: The Case of Risk and Time Preferences. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

HE, YUNZI (2020) The Effect of Parental Migration on Children: The Case of China. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

IMAM, MAHMUD,IBRAHIM (2020) Essays on Energy Reforms, Regulation and Institutions. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

Junaidi, Ebi (2024) Empirical Essays on Risk, Time Preference, Islam and Religiosity. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

KOCSOY, ALPEREN (2024) Essays on Behavioural Economics of Sport. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

LEIGH, Robert James (2023) Essays on Wealth, Liquidity and Household Finance. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

LI, JIARONG (2022) Three Essays in Corporate Finance. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

LI, NAN (2024) Enhancing Option Pricing and Stock Return Predictions: Integrating Machine Learning with Firm Characteristics and Option Greeks. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

LIANG, XIAO (2021) Applications of Eigensystem Analysis to Derivatives and Portfolio Management. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

LIN, WEIDONG (2023) Systemic Risk Based Portfolio Selection. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

LIU, YAODONG (2021) THREE ESSAYS ON THE TRADING BEHAVIOUR OF INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

LUO, KAISHENG (2023) Bank deposits, liquidity management and macroeconomy. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

MA, XIAOXIAO (2019) The Economics of Vehicle Driving: A General Equilibrium Analysis in a Dynamic Two-Period Vintage Model. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

NESTEROV, ARTEM (2023) Experimental investigations on information transmission and cooperation in an indefinitely repeated dilemma game. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

PATTERSON, AIDEN,C. (2023) Extraordinary Corporate Decisions and the Psychology of CEOs. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

QIN, CHANG (2023) Exploring the International Application of Machine Learning in Asset Pricing: An Empirical Study. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

RAZAK, MUHAMMAD,ZAIM (2022) On the Return Dynamics and Diversification Benefits of Property Sector REITs in the Japanese Market. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

REN, XINGZI (2023) THREE ESSAYS ON CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

SEKERKE, MATTHEW (2021) Continuous-Time Macro-Finance. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

TOBIASSON, WENCHE,BIRGITTA (2019) Development of Electricity Networks: Essays on Incentive Regulation and the New Role of Consumers. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

VAVADAKI, ELEFTHERIA (2021) Rethinking financial instruments: The case study of floods in Nepal. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

WAN, QINJUAN (2019) Social identity and implicit collusion in Cournot interactions. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

WANG, XIANGDONG (2024) Google search intensity, mortgage default and house prices in regional residential markets. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

YAISAWANG, NARONGCHAI (2021) Essays on Sovereign Default with Unobservable Physical Capital and Debt Relief. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

YANG, CHEN (2022) The Impact of CEO Home Bias on CSR, Earnings Management, and M&As. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ZHAO, FUCHU (2023) International spillovers of US unconventional monetary policy to emerging market economies. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ZHOU, SHANGCHEN (2020) The Economics of CSI300 Stock Index Futures in China. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

ZHU, SHULEI (2023) Three Essays on the Risk-taking Behaviour of Individuals. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.

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Overview - Your Thesis

PGR students and doctoral supervisors may use this guide to find further information on the following topics:

• Finding and accessing existing masters and doctoral theses
• The submission process for Doctoral Theses at Durham
• Guidance on copyright and including copyrighted material in your thesis.
• Guidance and advice on open access and publication of your thesis.

Remember that you can search for, access and download many Doctoral and Masters (Research) theses from our theses repository, Durham eTheses .

Finding Existing Theses

Submitting your thesis

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Restricting access

Things to Consider: Copyright & Publishing Your Thesis

Open access and your thesis.

• Considering Publication?
• Publishers and OA theses
• Embargoing access

Durham University  "is committed to sharing the findings of its world-class research as widely as possible to enhance its use and impact within the academic and research community and more widely within society."  This aims to reduce the barriers, where appropriate, to allowing researchers, including prospective doctoral students, to read and build upon your research.

Durham University Open Access Policy

PhD students are required to deposit a PDF of their thesis in  Durham e-Theses , the University's open access e-theses repository. Durham e-Theses contains:

• the full-text of Durham University Higher Degree theses passed after 1 October 2009
• an extensive collection of PhD, MPhil and Research Masters dissertations from 1899 onwards.

Theses in Durham e-Theses are available alongside other UK theses through the  British Library's eThos service , the open access aggregator service  Core.ac.uk  and other services.

Things to consider

• These will have been theses and dissertations made open access by their authors through various sources such as those listed on our  finding theses pages .
• Your thesis is also expected to meet the requirements of  Durham University's Open Access Policy
• You may also be required to meet the expectations and requirements of any organisation which has funded your doctoral research (e.g. the UK Research Councils ) which expect your thesis to be freely accessible.
• your own career intentions (e.g. publishing your thesis)
• any legal or ethical implications for the content included in your thesis (e.g. copyright, data protection, patent applications).
• This might include temporarily  restricting access to your thesis , or providing access to a redacted version of your thesis through our repository where commercial IP or ethical considerations may warrant this.

Copyright and your thesis

Durham University's Open Access Policy  requires that all Durham theses (with a few exceptions in extreme cases) will be required to be made open access; freely available to all with an internet connection.

Whilst authors of doctoral and masters theses may benefit from some exemptions to copyright for the purpose of examination, it is important that the copy of the thesis made available via Durham e-Theses complies with all copyright requirements - in particular where you have included third party copyright material within your thesis (photographs, maps, site-plans).

When depositing, you can choose from a range of licences (including Creative Commons licences, which offer options clearly indicating what uses can be made of your thesis, and which support researchers who may be commercially funded) and copyright statements to deposit the work under.

Further information can be found at:

• Durham University Copyright Officer Support pages
• Creative Commons Licences for the Humanities and Social Sciences
• IOP Guide to Copyright

Publishing your thesis

Aiming to develop the research presented in your thesis for publication, either in one or more journal articles or as a monograph, is something you may wish to consider as a means to raise the profile of your work, or may be a common "next step" on the academic career path in your discipline.

You should aim to discuss your aspirations and plans with your  supervisor  or  department  in the first instance, but we have provided some additional questions you should think about on this page.

Questions to consider

These are a few questions you should consider if you are thinking of publishing part or all of your thesis.

• be aware of disciplinary differences and speak with your supervisor and examiners for advice
• a monograph can take several years to be published, but may be the expected norm for a career in your academic discipline.
• it may be preferable to have a number of strong peer-reviewed journal articles on your CV however, when applying for jobs.
• some publishers may support publication of a chapter as an article as a precursor for rewriting for publication as a monograph, where this might raise the profile of the author or the research - but this should be discussed with the publisher as consideration of prior publication may vary.  
• if not (for example, third party copyright images, maps, diagrams) you may not be able to include these in a published format with out seeking permission or a licence to publish from the rights holders.  
• this may impact upon your choice of publication format
• it is very rare that a publisher well accept a thesis for publication as a monograph without substantial adaptation
• your thesis was written for examination, essentially to persuade three examiners (who are likely to be experts int he relevant field) of its unique contribution to research and its scholarly credentials
• a monograph being published by a commercial publisher will need to demonstrate an appeal to a wider audience with different levels of expertise, and offer commercial potential for the publisher in most cases.  
• For further guidance on good practice in research data management, see the  University's Research Data Management pages .  
• Durham University's Open Access policy expects your thesis to meet the requirements of the  University's Open Access Policy .
• If your doctoral research was funded, the research funder may require you to make your thesis accessible.
• If your thesis will be accessible prior to any publication date of content from your thesis, you should make sure your publisher is aware of this and check their policies around theses and pre-publication. See the 'Publishers and Open Access Theses' tab for further information.  
• Check any agreement or contract a publisher offers you.
• Check the credentials and reputation of the publisher (see our  guidance on where to publish your research for further information ).
• Make sure that publication is in your best interests.
• Be careful about restricting your own future use of the content.

Publishers and open access theses

Committee on publication ethics (cope).

Many publishers are members of CoPE, including Sage, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, Elsevier and Royal Society Publishing. CoPE's policies on Intellectual Property for members to adhere to states that:

CoPE are currently consulting members as to best practice approaches to take, with the General Advice included in their March 2017 discussion paper indicating:

Examples of Publisher approaches to open access theses

"Elsevier welcomes submissions from authors and will consider these for publication where work has not previously been published and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Elsevier does not view the following prior uses of a work as prior publication:

• Publication in the form of an abstract
• Publication as an academic thesis
• Publication as an electronic preprint"

Elsevier policy on pre-publication (Jan 2016)

PALGRAVE MACMILLAN

"Palgrave Macmillan will consider submissions containing material that has previously formed part of a PhD or other academic thesis including those that have been made publicly available according to the requirements of the institution awarding the qualification . Prospective authors should bear in mind that every PhD thesis will need to undergo rigorous revision in order to be published as a monograph with our press."

Palgrave Macmillan guidance (Sep 2020)

SAGE PUBLISHING

"Most dissertations and theses posted in institutional repositories will be considered for publication, except where they are "the same or substantially the same as any previously published work"."

Sage policy on prior publication (July 2018)

WILEY PUBLISHING (INCLUDING BLACKWELL)

"The following types of “prior publication” do not present cause for concerns about duplicate or redundant publication:

• Abstracts and posters presented during sessions at conferences.
• Results presented at meetings (for example, to inform investigators or participants about findings).
• Results in databases and clinical trials registries (data without interpretation, discussion, context or conclusions in the form of tables and text to describe data/ information).
• Dissertations and theses in university archives.

Wiley Best Practice Guidelines on Publishing Ethics (July 2018)

Durham e-Theses

Theses in Durham e-Theses are available alongside other UK theses through the British Library's eThos service , the open access aggregator service  Core.ac.uk and other services.

Embargoes and restricting access to your thesis

Should you have reason to place an embargo on your thesis in Durham e-Theses, please download, complete and email the  Restricting Access to your Thesis form  to the Graduate School at  [email protected] . Your request must be authorised by both your primary Supervisor and Departmental Director of Postgraduate Research.

Full guidance can be found on here  or can be downloaded as a pdf as below.

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