VIENTIANE (Laotian Times): Research conducted by the Spears School of Business, with colleagues from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) revealed that wildfire smoke in South-East Asia significantly affects people’s moods, especially when occurring in neighbouring countries.
The newly published study, led by Dr. Rui Du, an assistant professor of economics at the Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University aimed to understand the impact of windblown smoke plumes on public sentiment as expressed on social media.
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