{"id":17209,"date":"2015-10-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/2015\/10\/07\/how-long-would-you-hold-on-for-a-car\/"},"modified":"2020-09-28T23:56:54","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T15:56:54","slug":"how-long-would-you-hold-on-for-a-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/srn\/2015\/10\/07\/how-long-would-you-hold-on-for-a-car\/","title":{"rendered":"How long would you hold on for a car?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">How does economics drive contestants in the MediaCorp Subaru Impreza WRX Challenge, an annual car challenge in which over\u00a0400 individuals slug it out for a chance\u00a0to win a Subaru?\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">In &#8216;How long would you hold on for\u00a0a car?&#8217;,\u00a0Senior Lecturer Eric Fesselmeyer and A\/P Serene Tan (Dept. of Economics) used economics to explain how hard people try to win. 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