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QUAH, Danny

QUAH, Danny

QUAH, Danny
柯成兴

Li Ka Shing Professor in Economics

Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University. A.B. Economics, Princeton University

Danny Quah is Li Ka Shing Professor in Economics. His research interests lie in international economic relations, economic growth and development, and income inequality and social mobility. Quah's current projects analyse the impact of fraying multilateralism on economic growth and social mobility, and study the modern practice of economic statecraft. 

Among other positions, Quah serves on the World Bank President's Economic Advisory Panel; the World Bank Group Institute for Economic Development's Advisory Board; the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Geopolitics; and Tsinghua University School of Public Policy and Management's Global Advisory Board. 

Quah was previously Assistant Professor of Economics at MIT, and then at LSE Professor of Economics and International Development, and Director of the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre. At LSE he also served as Head of Department for Economics. At LKYSPP, Quah served as Dean 2018-2025. 

Quah studied at Princeton, Minnesota, and Harvard.

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  • Applied Timeseries Econometrics

  • Economic Growth and Development

  • International Economics

  • World Order; Models of Global Power Relations

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  • Correlated Trade and Geopolitics Driving a Fractured World Order
    Quah, Danny. 2026. "Correlated Trade and Geopolitics Driving a Fractured World Order", Ch. 5, pp. 54-66, in Ing, Lili Yan and Rodrik, Dani (eds.) The New Global Economic Order, New York: Routledge. 
  • Response to Ricardo Hausmann by Danny Quah: The Trade-Technology Relation in Small and Poor Economies
    Quah, Danny. 2025.  "Response to Ricardo Hausmann by Danny Quah: The Trade-Technology Relation in Small and Poor Economies", in Besley, Tim, Bucelli, Irene, and Velasco, Andres (eds.) The London Consensus: Economic Principles for the 21st Century, London: LSE Press, pp. 181-193 
  • Multilateralism Can Survive the Loss of Consensus
    Quah, Danny. 2025. "Multilateralism Can Survive the Loss of Consensus", IMF Finance and Development (Sep), pp. 14-15 
  • Concede or Resist?
    Quah, Danny. 2025. "Concede or Resist", Straits Times (02 Sep), pp. 22-23 
  • Why America Should Drop Its Obsession with Being No. 1
    Quah, Danny. 2024. "Why America Should Drop Its Obsession with Being No. 1", Foreign Policy (Fall) pp. 41-43
  • A Thucydides Fallacy: The New Model of Power Relations for Southeast Asia, the US, and China
    Quah, Danny. 2021. "A Thucydides Fallacy: The New Model of Power Relations for Southeast Asia, the US, and China", THINK, The Head Foundation Digest (June 2021) Issue 8, pp. 2-7. Reprinted from The Diplomat (July 2019), with new introduction section.

     
  • Inequality: A tale of three countries
    Quah, Danny. 2021.  "Inequality: A tale of three countries", Straits Times (25 Feb)
  • Singapore's Policy Response to COVID-19
    Quah, Danny. 2020. "Singapore's Policy Response to COVID-19", in Mitigating the COVID Economic Crisis: Act Fast and Do Whatever It Takes, edited by Baldwin, R. and Weder di Mauro, 103-111. London: CEPR.
  • The Geopolitics of Populism
    With Mahbubani, Kishore. 2016. “The Geopolitics of Populism”, Project Syndicate (December)
  • The Global Economy’s Shifting Centre of Gravity.
    Quah, Danny. 2011. “The Global Economy’s Shifting Centre of Gravity.” Global Policy 2 (1) (January): 3–9. doi:10.1111/j.1758-5899.2010.00066.x

  • The Oxford Handbook of Information and Communication Technologies

    With Mansell, Robin, Christine Avgerou, Roger Silverstone, eds. 2007. The Oxford Handbook of Information and Communication Technologies. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • One Third of the World’s Growth and Inequality
    Quah, Danny. 2003. “One Third of the World’s Growth and Inequality.” In Growth and Inequality: Issues and Policy Implications, edited by Theo Eicher and Stephen J. Turnovsky, 27–58. Cambridge: MIT Press.
  • Spatial Agglomeration Dynamics
    Quah, Danny. 2002. “Spatial Agglomeration Dynamics.” American Economic Review 92 (2): 247–52. 
  • Matching Demand and Supply in a Weightless Economy: Market-Driven Creativity With and Without Intellectual Property Rights
    Quah, Danny. 2002. “Matching Demand and Supply in a Weightless Economy: Market-Driven Creativity With and Without Intellectual Property Rights.” De Economist 150 (4): 381–403.

  • The New Empirics of Economic Growth

    With Durlauf, Steven. 1999. “The New Empirics of Economic Growth.” In Handbook of Macroeconomics, edited by John B. Taylor and Michael Woodford, 231–304. Amsterdam: North Holland Elsevier Science.

  • Twin Peaks: Growth and Convergence in Models of Distribution Dynamics.

    Quah, Danny. 1996. “Twin Peaks: Growth and Convergence in Models of Distribution Dynamics.” Economic Journal 106 (437) (July): 1045–1055.

  • Galton’s Fallacy and Tests of the Convergence Hypothesis.

    Quah, Danny. 1993. “Galton’s Fallacy and Tests of the Convergence Hypothesis.” Scandinavian Journal of Economics 95 (4) (December): 427–443

  • The Relative Importance of Permanent and Transitory Components: Identification and Some Theoretical Bounds.

    Quah, Danny. 1992. “The Relative Importance of Permanent and Transitory Components: Identification and Some Theoretical Bounds.” Econometrica 60 (1): 107–18.

  • The Dynamic Effects of Aggregate Demand and Supply Disturbances

    With Blanchard, Olivier Jean. 1989. “The Dynamic Effects of Aggregate Demand and Supply Disturbances.” American Economic Review 79 (4) (September): 655–673

  • Hypothesis Testing with Restricted Spectral Density Matrices, with an Application to Uncovered Interest Parity

    With Ito, Takatoshi. 1989. “Hypothesis Testing with Restricted Spectral Density Matrices, with an Application to Uncovered Interest Parity.” International Economic Review 30 (1): 203–15.

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