Lockdown policy and case disclosure during the COVID-19 pandemic can influence human behavior and health outcomes. We investigate how individuals' daily dietary patterns were affected by the lockdown policy and the case disclosure in Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic. Employing a large...

The governments of Malaysia and Singapore reached a landmark agreement in May 2010 to end the leases for the nearly 80-year-old railway lines and stations in Singapore, which were operated by Keretapi Tanah Malaya (KTM), a firm owned by the Malaysian government, with effect from July 1, 2011....

This study employs an administrative dataset containing high-frequency transaction records for approximately four million smart transit cards used by Singaporean residents in order to study the travel preferences of public transport commuters. We examine the impact of service attributes,...

This paper studies the extent to which equilibrium land auction prices are pushed up sequentially due to strategic bidding behaviors in government land auction sales. Using a unique data set that covers the universe of tendering prices submitted by all developers for all residential land auction...

Exploiting a novel panel dataset of consumer financial transactions in Singapore, we examine the consumption response to an anticipated, transitory price shock generated by the nation-wide annual sale event. Consistent with theory, we find inter-temporal substitution where consumers spend less...

There is no conclusive evidence in the existing literature to show that green buildings save more energy than conventional buildings. Why do buyers pay premiums for green buildings? This study empirically examines whether the “Green Mark” (GM) certification is either a signal for energy...

Higher sales tax in the home country relative to a neighboring country creates a huge incentive for consumers who live closer to the border to purchase goods across the border. Using a unique panel dataset of consumer financial transactions, we find that, when facing higher domestic sales tax,...

This paper studies the extent to which equilibrium auction prices are affected by the order of sale and the extent of product differentiation in the context of government land auction sales. We propose a simple two-stage differentiated duopoly model where an incumbent winner of land from a...