Julian Wright (economist)

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Julian Wright (born 18 March 1969 in New Zealand) is a Singapore-based academic and economist. He is the Lim Chong Yah Professor at the National University of Singapore and was head of the Department of Economics from 2012 to 2019. [1] [2] [3]

Wright completed a Bachelor of Science with honors at University of Canterbury in 1991. In 1996, he completed a doctorate at Stanford University. [2] Wright works in the area of industrial organization, [4] and specializes in the economics of multi-sided platforms such as online marketplaces, [5] payment platforms, [6] and booking platforms. [7] [8] He has consulted on the economics of platforms, and related competition policy and regulatory matters. [9]

He is currently co-editor of the International Journal of Industrial Organization, [10] a Singapore Competition Appeal Board Member, [11] an Energy Market Authority Board Member [12] and a member of NUS Alumni Ventures. [13]

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  1. ↑ migration (2014-11-07). "New challenges in shift to aspirational economy: ESM Goh". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  2. 1 2 "JULIAN WRIGHT - FASS Staff Profile". profile.nus.edu.sg. Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  3. ↑ migration (2018-03-05). "Singapore must remain open to talent, new ideas". The Business Times. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
  4. ↑ "Julian Wright - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com.sg. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  5. ↑ "An Economist's Take on the Business Model of Online Marketplaces". www.arcadier.com/learn/. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  6. ↑ Wright, Julian (2012). "Why payment card fees are biased against retailers". The RAND Journal of Economics. 43 (4): 761–780. doi:10.1111/1756-2171.12007.
  7. ↑ "Costly comparison" . Retrieved 2018-09-29.
  8. ↑ "It's Called Price Coherence, And It's Surprisingly Bad For Consumers" . Retrieved 2018-09-29.
  9. ↑ "Leading Individuals: Singapore" . Retrieved 2018-09-29.
  10. ↑ International Journal of Industrial Organization Editorial Board.
  11. ↑ "Competition (Appeals) Regulations". www.mti.gov.sg. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  12. ↑ "Energy Market Authority Board". www.ema.gov.sg. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  13. ↑ "Our Angels". NUS Alumni Ventures. Retrieved 2021-03-13.


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