Walter Edgar Theseira is Associate Professor of Economics, School of Business, Singapore University of Social Sciences. His Ph.D. is in Applied Economics and Managerial Science from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. His areas are applied microeconomics, behavioural, and experimental economics. His research has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organisation. His policy research covers housing integration with the Ministry of National Development, immigration in Singapore with the World Bank, vehicle quota auctions with the Land Transport Authority, the Singapore Retirement and Health Survey, and the ComLink+ Programme with the Ministry of Social and Family Development. He has served as an economics research advisor for Singapore Government agencies, and is a Board Member of the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore. He was a Nominated Member of Parliament in the 13th Parliament of Singapore.