JOHN HILL
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Economics, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, December 1995.
M.A. in Economics, Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, Texas, May 1994.
B.B.A. in Economics, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, December 1987
EMPLOYMENT
Hill Economics, May 1996 to present
Co-owner, Barnett & Hill Real Estate, April 2013 to present
Professor of Economics, Kelley College of Business, Hardin-Simmons University, August 1998 to present.
Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Business, Northeastern State University, August 1996 to July 1998.
Lecturer of Economics, Department of Economics, The University of Tennessee, August 1995 to July 1996.
EXPERIENCE
My training in urban and regional economics and public finance allows me to understand local and regional economic issues. As a multifamily real estate investor, real estate agent and former Abilene city councilman I have a applied, first-hand perspective with public projects and regional economic issues.
I have assisted both plaintiff and defense attorneys with economic valuation reports dealing with:
- lost earnings and benefits
- personal consumption
- lost household services
- estimation of the present value of medical care costs
and for cases concerned with:
- product issues and recalls
- personal injury
- wrongful death
- wrongful birth
- medical malpractice
- wrongful termination
- client loss due to breach of non-compete agreement
since 1996. I have a more comprehensive curriculum vitae and if you will contact me, I will happily supply you with a detailed listing of the cases where I have been retained as an expert witness.
PUBLICATIONS
“Shiny Schools: Do New Programs and New Schools Solve the Dropout Problem”, Working paper accepted for presentation at the Federation of Business Disciplines meetings, Dallas, TX, Spring 2010.
“The Efficiency of Economic Development Expenditures: Returns to Primary Job Creation Under the Stewardship of the Development Corporation of Abilene” Working paper presented at the Southern Economics Association, Washington, DC Fall 2008.
“Worker Displacement, Job Search, and Reemployment: A Temporal Analysis of Regional Structural Conditions,” Review of Regional Studies, Vol. 25, No. 3, Winter 1997.“Marketable Arts: A Voucher Solution,” Working paper presented at the Southern Economics Association, Atlanta, Fall 1997.
In addition to my academic research, I publish a monthly report in the Abilene Reporter-News detailing rental trends in the Abilene/Taylor County real estate market. These reports, along with detailed research designed to give our brokerage insight to local real estate trends, are archived on our brokerage website.
LICENCES & DESIGNATIONS
Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM)
ACTIVITIES
Trustee, The University of the South at Sewanee, 2012 to 2021
Abilene City Council, 2002 to 2006