Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Sumit Agarwal, Swee Hoon Ang and Tien Foo Sing

Chapter 16 in Kiasunomics©:Stories of Singaporean Economic Behaviours, 2018, pp 187-206 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Kiasu; Singaporeans; Economic Behaviours; GST; Retirement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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