Euston Quah

Professor Euston Quah is the Albert Winsemius Chair Professor of Economics and Director of the Economic Growth Centre at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He also serves as Editor of the Singapore Economic Review and President of the Economic Society of Singapore.

Quah has published extensively in the areas of cost-benefit analysis, environmental economics, and law and economics, contributing to over 100 publications, including peer-reviewed journals and major media opinion pieces. His work has been recognised by the International Library of Critical Writings in Economics (UK) and positively reviewed in leading journals such as the Economic Journal, Journal of Economic Literature, and Journal of Labour Economics. His co-authored textbook with E.J. Mishan, Cost-Benefit Analysis is widely regarded as a classic and referenced by institutions including the US Office of Management and Budget and the US Department of Transportation. The Asian edition of Principles of Economics, co-authored with Gregory Mankiw remains a best-seller across Southeast and East Asia.

Quah has held several distinguished visiting appointments and has served as an external reviewer for universities across Asia. He has been a technical reviewer for major research councils and institutions, including the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Council of Canada, the Australian Research Council, Singapore’s National Research Foundation, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (via the Overseas Development Institute, London). His international engagements include speaking invitations from Stanford University, Princeton University, Columbia University’s Earth Institute, Peking University, Zhejiang University, Kyoto University, Korea University, the University of Nottingham, the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, UNESCAP, and the Inter-Pacific Bar Association. He has also consulted for organisations such as Genting International, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Canada’s IDRC and CIDA.

Previously, Quah served as Vice Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Deputy Director of the Public Policy Programme (now the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy) at the National University of Singapore. He has led the Economics Departments at both NTU and NUS, and chaired the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at NTU.

In 2022, Google Scholar listed Quah among the top 16 most cited university economists worldwide in cost-benefit analysis. That same year, he delivered a plenary address at the Annual Conference of the US Society of Benefit-Cost Analysis. In recognition of his service, Quah was awarded the Silver Public Administration Medal by the Singapore government on National Day 2020.