Government reviewing study alleging civil servants disproportionately bought homes near unannounced MRT stations政府正在审查一项研究，该研究指控公务员不成比例地在未公布的地铁站附近购买房屋。
The Public Service Division says it is reviewing the data and methodology of the working paper by the US-based National Bureau of Economic Research and will refer the matter to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau if necessary.
The Public Service Division says it is reviewing the data and methodology of the working paper by the US-based National Bureau of Economic Research and will refer the matter to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau if necessary.
An MRT train passes a public housing estate in Singapore. (File photo: CNA/Lan Yu)
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SINGAPORE: The Public Service Division (PSD) said on Monday (Sep 14) that it was reviewing information after a working paper by a US-based research organisation reported that civil servants disproportionately purchased homes near planned but not yet publicly announced MRT stations.
In response to media queries, PSD said that it was “aware of an academic working paper comparing home purchase rates near planned MRT stations”.
The paper reported that “civil servants, as classified by the authors, disproportionately purchased homes near planned but not yet publicly announced MRT stations”, PSD said.
“We take any integrity concerns extremely seriously. We are currently reviewing the data and methodology within the paper and will refer to CPIB if there is a material basis to do so.”
The working paper was published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and titled "Do Social Norms Substitute for Enforcement? Evidence from Public Officials' Home Purchases in Singapore".
“NBER working papers are circulated for discussion and comment purposes. They have not been peer-reviewed or been subject to the review by the NBER Board of Directors that accompanies official NBER publications,” according to the first page of the paper.
The paper was authored by Tomasz Piskorski from Columbia University, Jian Zhang from the University of Hong Kong, Amit Seru from Stanford University and Chun Zhao from Stanford University.
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公共服务部门表示，正在审查美国国家经济研究局工作报告的数据和方法，如有必要，将把此事移交反腐败调查局。
一辆地铁列车驶过新加坡的一处公共组屋区。（资料照片：CNA/Lan Yu）
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新加坡：公共服务署（PSD）周一（9月14日）表示，在一家美国研究机构发布的一份工作报告显示公务员不成比例地购买了位于规划中但尚未公开宣布的地铁站附近的房屋后，该署正在审查相关信息。
针对媒体的询问，PSD表示“已注意到一份学术工作论文，该论文比较了规划中的地铁站附近的房屋购买率”。
公共服务署表示，该报告指出，“根据作者的分类，公务员不成比例地购买了位于规划中但尚未公开宣布的地铁站附近的房屋”。
“我们极其重视任何诚信问题。我们目前正在审查论文中的数据和方法，如果确有实质性依据，我们将把此事提交给贪污调查局。”
该工作论文由美国国家经济研究局 (NBER) 出版，题为“社会规范能否替代强制执行？来自新加坡公职人员购房行为的证据”。
根据该论文第一页的说明，“NBER 工作论文仅供讨论和评论之用。它们未经同行评审，也未经过 NBER 董事会的审查，而 NBER 的正式出版物则需经过审查。”
该论文由哥伦比亚大学的 Tomasz Piskorski、香港大学的 Jian Zhang、斯坦福大学的 Amit Seru 和斯坦福大学的 Chun Zhao 共同撰写。
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