Keyword: Singapore

Congestion Pricing (1/10/2007)

Road tolls that vary directly with congestion have reduced peak-hour traffic volume in Singapore and Stockholm by forcing commuters to internalize congestion cost.

Keywords: commons resource, commuting, congestion pricing, external cost, externality, Singapore, Stockholm, toll, traffic

Geography Is Destiny? (2/16/2001)

Landlocked tropical countries are handicapped by high transportation and health care costs and scarcity of transferable canned technology because of their geography.

Keywords: access to markets, agricultural, Brunei, geography, Hong Kong, infrastructure, landlocked, malaria, Singapore, technological progress, technology, transportation costs, tropical zone

Healthcare Tourism (3/7/2007)

Lower-pay certified doctors, duly accredited facilities, and 5-star facilities have contributed to the comparative advantage of overseas hospitals in non-emergency big-budget surgeries for international patients.

Keywords: Apollo Group, Bangkok, Bumrungrad Hospital, comparative advantage, global competition., health care, healthcare tourism, India, insurance, medical tourism, Singapore, surgery, Thailand