Fickle Fingers

Sumit Agarwal, Swee Hoon Ang and Tien Foo Sing

Chapter 1 in Kiasunomics©2:Economic Insights for Everyday Life, 2020, pp 1-17 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Teng, a taxi driver in Singapore, and his wife Siew Ling have two sons – six-year-old Ethan and two-year-old Ervin. Together with his parents, affectionately called Ah Kong and Ah Mah by the grandsons, they live in a modest government-subsidised HDB (Housing and Development Board) flat in Serangoon…

Keywords: Kiasu; Singaporeans; Economic Behaviours; GST; Retirement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A1 D00 O53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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