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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

In: Kiasunomics © Stories of Singaporean Economic Behaviours

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  • Sumit Agarwal
  • Swee Hoon Ang
  • Tien Foo Sing

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In recent years, Singapore has been affected by the severe smoke haze from forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia.Forest fires are a frequent occurrence in Southeast Asia especially during dry months. It is also a common practice for farmers to slash and burn as it is a cheap but illegal land-clearing method. In the course of clearing unwanted vegetation and peat, drained peatlands are burnt. With peat being very combustible, these fires do not just occur on the surface of peatlands. They also permeate up to three metres deep underneath the peatlands.

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  • Sumit Agarwal & Swee Hoon Ang & Tien Foo Sing, 2018. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Kiasunomics © Stories of Singaporean Economic Behaviours, chapter 16, pages 187-206, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789813233379_0016
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    Keywords

    Kiasu; Singaporeans; Economic Behaviours; GST; Retirement;
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    • O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East

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