"Climate Policy, Job Reallocation, and Unemployment Fluctuations in a Multi-Sector Economy", by John Gibson, University of Texas at El Paso (Venue: Ryder 130)

Dr. John Gibson is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Texas at El Paso. Dr. Gibson joined the faculty at UTEP in Fall 2019. Prior to UTEP, Dr. Gibson served as an Assistant Professor of Economics at Georgia State University and he is currently a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and a consultant to the GMF Latin American Division of the World Bank. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in economics from Florida State University and his B.A. in economics with mathematics from the University of Southern Mississippi. His research interests include measuring the economic impact of public policies, such as infrastructure investment, and investigating the important role played by real-world frictions related to labor and credit markets. Dr. Gibson’s work has been published in leading economic journals including Journal of Money, Credit & Banking, Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, and Economic Inquiry, among others.  For more information, please visit his website.