In the digital era, job crafting is critical. However, limited studies concern the antecedent mechanisms of job crafting in the Chinese organizational context. Accordingly, from the perspective of power distance (one important variable of organizational values in China context), this study...

Non-contributory pensions are becoming increasingly prevalent worldwide. As their effects are likely to be context-dependent, evaluating their effects in a wide range of settings is important for establishing the external validity of the non-contributory pension literature. We use a new monthly...

This paper studies the effect of adding space to existing housing apartments on housing price and the probability that owners will sell their apartment (flat). This space adding is part of a large scale urban renewal and upgrading policy in Singapore, and is carried out only if sufficient...

Non-contributory pensions are becoming increasingly prevalent worldwide. As their effects are likely to be context-dependent, evaluating their effects in a wide range of settings is important for establishing the external validity of the non-contributory pension literature. We use a new monthly...

We use a new monthly panel and a difference-in-differences strategy to study the effects of an exogenous permanent income shock on subjective well-being along previously unexplored dimensions. This permanent income shock is the introduction of Singapore's first national non-contributory pension,...

Non-contributory pensions are becoming increasingly prevalent worldwide. As their effects are likely to be context-dependent, evaluating their effects in a wide range of settings is important for establishing the external validity of the non-contributory pension literature. We use a new monthly...

The aim of this paper is to examine the long-run relationship between energy consumption and economic growth for 80 developing countries from 1990 to 2009. For this purpose, methods of panel unit root test, panel cointegration test and panel dynamic ordinary least squares (DOLS) are applied....

In the debate over sustainable economic growth, two critical issues are elasticity of substitution and technical change. Due to entropy increasing law in MEI system, the elasticity of substitution between any two resources must decline to zero and the efficiency improvement of resources from...

We investigate whether a major and growing environmental disamenity – dengue fever – leads to protective behavior that increases residential electricity consumption. We construct a unique panel dataset with nationwide coverage of electricity consumption and dengue risk intensity at the...

The purpose of this dissertation is to explore three autonomous but interrelated areas of the destination resort industry. The initial study provided insight into the scholarly support available to industry professionals by conducting a comprehensive meta-analysis of destination resort...