Mark Showalter

Mark H. Showalter is a Professor of Economics at Brigham Young University. His research focuses on topics in health economics and the economics of education. Current research projects include modeling employer-provided health insurance, the economics of sleep choice and interactions with development of human capital, and the implications of college completion on intergenerational income inequality. He served as Senior Economist for Health, Education, Labor, and Welfare on the President’s Council of Economic Advisers in 2003-2004. He is a current member of the Health Insurance Simulation Model Technical Review Panel for the Congressional Budget Office. He is on the editorial board for the Economics of Education Review and serves on the board of the Center for Health & Economy in Washington DC.Professor Showalter received his Ph.D. from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his B.S. in Economics from Brigham Young University.