About Euston Quah 

Euston Quah is Albert Winsemius chair professor of economics and director of the Economic Growth Centre at Nanyang Technological University(NTU) , Singapore. He is also editor of the Singapore Economic Review and president of the Economic Society of Singapore. Professor Quah has published widely in the fields of cost-benefit analysis, environmental economics, and law and economics. Contributing to more than a hundred publications, inclusive of academic journals and lead opinion pieces in media, Professor Quah has also served as external reviewer for some economics schools in various universities in Asia. Some of his works have been selected for inclusion by the International Library of Critical Writings in Economics in the UK as well as received favorable reviews in such leading journals as Economic Journal, Journal of Economic Literature, and the Journal of Labour Economics. His textbook with E.J Mishan, now in its 6th edition (Routledge, UK, 2020), is regarded as a classic text in this subject and used by many universities and governments. It was listed for reference by the US Office of Management and Budget and also by the US Department of Transportation. The Asian edition of the Principles of Economics with Gregory Mankiw, now in its 3rd edition was released in 2021 by Cengage, and is generally regarded as a best seller text in Southeast and East Asia. Professor Quah was listed in Google Scholar Profiler in 2022 as among the top sixteen most highly cited university economists in the area of cost-benefit analysis in the world. Formerly vice dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and Deputy Director of the Public Policy Program (now called the Lee Kuan Yew School) at the National University of Singapore and headed the economics departments at both Nanyang Technological University and the National University of Singapore, Professor Quah has been and continues to be advisor to many government ministries in Singapore. Professor Quah chaired the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at NTU. He is a member of the Social Sciences Research Council of Singapore, board member of the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore, and board member of the Market Surveillance and Compliance Committee of Singapore's Energy Market Company. Professor Quah is a recipient of the Public Administration Medal (Silver) awarded by the Singapore government in the country's National Day 2020.