Degrees & Credentials:

PhD, Economics, University of Arizona, 2015

MS, Economics, University of Arizona, 2011

BS, Quantitative Economics, Miami University, 2009

BA, Diplomacy and Foreign Affairs, Miami University, 2009

Research Area(s):

Health Economics
Environmental Economics

Biography:

Alex Hollingsworth is an associate professor at The Ohio State University with joint appointments in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics and the Department of Economics. He is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a co-editor at the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, and an editor at the Journal of Health Economics. In 2026, he was selected as a chartered member of the EPA’s Science Advisory Board, serving on the Economic Analysis Committee.

Hollingsworth is an applied microeconomist who examines how regulations affect health with interests in environmental economics, population health, substance abuse, and access to care. His research has been published in outlets including the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, the Journal of Political Economy: Microeconomics. His research has been covered by Scientific American, the Washington Post, CNBC, the Atlantic, VOX, and the Los Angeles Times.

He also co-hosts a podcast, The Hidden Curriculum with Sebastian Tello-Trillo. The Hidden Curriculum aims to cover topics relevant to academic life with a focus on things that are not formally taught in graduate school.

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