Adrienne Ohler

Dr. Adrienne Ohler is Associate Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Missouri, researching and teaching in the areas of environmental and energy economics. Her research rests at the intersection of regulatory economics, energy policy, and externalities involving environmental and population health impacts. Her work employs secondary data analysis and simulation modeling to examine the impact of policy changes and institutional structure on health, the environment, and economic outcomes. Her academic research can be found in Land Economics, the Journal of Regulatory Economics, Contemporary Economic Policy, the Quarterly Journal of Economics and Finance, The Energy Journal, Energy Policy, and the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.

Dr. Ohler earned a Ph.D. in economics and M.S. in statistics from Washington State University, and a B.S. in mathematics from the University of Illinois.  Prior to joining the faculty at Missouri in 2019, she was an Associate Professor of Economics at Illinois State University, and Director of Outreach for the Institute for Regulatory Policy Studies.