Concluding Remarks: Are Liveable Cities Expensive and Unaffordable?

Khee Giap Tan, Trieu Duong Luu Nguyen, Chandran Divya and Kong Yam Tan

Chapter 6 in 2016 Annual Indices for Expatriates and Ordinary Residents on Cost of Living, Wages and Purchasing Power for World's Major Cities, 2018, pp 591-622 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The following sections are included:IntroductionThe Relationship between Cost of Living and LiveabilityScatterplots of Cost of Living and LiveabilityThree-factor Regression AnalysisThe Relationship between Purchasing Power and LiveabilityScatterplots of Purchasing Power and LiveabilityThe Effects of Exchange Rate Fluctuations on Purchasing Power of Ordinary ResidentsCase Study on Malaysia and Singapore: Nexus amongst Cost of Living, Wages, Purchasing Power, Liveability and CompetitivenessA Tale of Two Cities: Comparison between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore on Cost of Living, Wages and Purchasing Power of Ordinary ResidentsExplaining the Diaspora in MalaysiaThe Way Forward: Potential Disruptive Changes from Connectivity ImprovementConcluding Remarks and Future Research AgendaReferences

Keywords: Cost of Living; Purchasing Power; Residents; Expatriates; Wages Index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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