Perry Wong

Perry Wong is a senior fellow at the Milken Institute, where he previously served as managing director of research. He specializes in analyzing the structure, industry mix, development, and public policies of a regional economy. His more recent work focuses on regional economic development in Greater China and other parts of Asia. He authored the Best Performing Cities China report annually.

Before joining the Institute, Wong was a senior economist and director of regional forecasting at Global Insight Inc. (formerly Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates Inc.), where he managed regional quarterly state and metropolitan area forecasts and provided consultation on industry and economic developments. There, he designed regional modeling systems and contributed to regional economic impact studies on topics such as budget reductions, health-care reform, and industry clustering.