Donald Wright is an Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, at the University of Sydney. He holds a Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of Adelaide, a Master of Economics from Monash University, and a PhD from the University of British Columbia, completed in 1989 from the Vancouver School of Economics. Wright's academic career at the University of Sydney dates back to at least 1997, when he was listed as a lecturer in the Faculty of Economics. He continued to contribute to teaching, delivering courses such as ECOS2903 Mathematical Economics A in Semester 1, 2017, with consultation hours on Mondays 11-1pm and Wednesdays 12-1pm.

Wright's research specializations center on health economics, industrial organization, regulation, and insurance economics. His key publications demonstrate substantial contributions to these areas. Notable works include 'Soft Budget Constraints in Public Hospitals' (Health Economics, 2016), 'An Equilibrium Model of General Practitioner Payment Schemes' (The Economic Record, 2013), 'Medical Malpractice and Physician Liability Under a Negligence Rule' (International Review of Law and Economics, 2011), 'Specialist Payment Schemes and Patient Selection in Private and Public Hospitals' (Journal of Health Economics, 2007), 'Insurance and Monopoly Power in a Mixed Private/Public Hospital System' (The Economic Record, 2006), 'The Drug Bargaining Game: Pharmaceutical Regulation in Australia' (Journal of Health Economics, 2004), 'Optimal Global Patent Design' (Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2005), 'Optimal Patent Breadth and Length with Costly Imitation' (International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1999), 'Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection in Australian Private Hospitals: 1989-1990' (Journal of Health Economics, 2003, with Elizabeth Savage), 'Strategic Trade Policy and Signalling with Unobservable Costs' (Review of International Economics, 1998), 'Unionized Oligopoly and Trade Liberalization' (Canadian Journal of Economics, 1999, with T. Fisher), and 'International Technology Transfer with an Information Asymmetry and Endogenous Research and Development' (Journal of International Economics, 1993). These publications address critical issues in healthcare payment incentives, hospital competition, pharmaceutical bargaining, patent policy, and trade dynamics, published in prominent journals.

Professional Email: don.wright@sydney.edu.au