Eric Chiang is Associate Professor and Graduate Director in the Economics Department at Florida Atlantic University, USA. In 2009, Eric was recipient of FAU's highest teaching award, the Distinguished Teacher of the Year. He received the Stewart Distinguished Professorship awarded by the College of Business among numerous other teaching awards. He has published 25 articles in peer-reviewed journals on a range of subjects including technology spillovers, intellectual property rights, telecommunications, and health care. Chosen by Gerald Stone to continue CoreEconomics, Chiang has been involved with the project since the first edition, first as a faculty reviewer and later as an important contributor to the book's media resources.