Education
Quiggin completed his undergraduate studies at the Australian National University graduating with a Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours in Mathematics in 1978 and a Bachelor of Economics with First Class Honours with the University Medal and the Economics Society Prize in 1980. He then completed a Master of Economics through coursework and thesis at the Australian National University in 1984, and finished his Doctor of Philosophy in Economics at the University of New England in 1988, receiving the Drummond Prize for best doctoral thesis.
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