Working Papers

Department of Economics and Transportation/Logistics Working papers are listed chronologically.  Working papers are provided in Adobe Acrobat format.

Working Papers in Economics

• A Nonlinear Pricing Model with Lump-Sum Transportation Costs
  Mark L. Burkey and Alexandra Kurepa - October, 2004



• Factors Affecting the Location of Payday Lending and Traditional Banking Services in North Carolina
  Mark L. Burkey and Scott Simkins - September, 2004 pre-publication version. Published as:



• Burkey, Mark L. and Scott P. Simkins.  “Factors Affecting the Location of Payday Lending and Traditional Banking Services in North Carolina” Review of Regional Studies, Fall 2004 Vol. 34 no. 2, pp. 191-205.



• A Detailed Investigation of Crash Risk Reduction Resulting From Red Light Cameras
  Mark L. Burkey and Kofi Obeng - July, 2004



• The Tree of Science and Original Sin: Do Christian Religious Beliefs Constrain the Supply of Scientists?
  Greg Price (with Maury Granger, Jackson State University) - January, 2004



• Does Trust in Federal Government Matter for Self-Employed Black Entrepreneurs?
  Greg Price - October, 2003



• Can Racial Stigma Explain Black Lynchings?
  Greg Price (with William Darity, Jr., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) - April, 2003



• Teaching Macroeconomics as if Race Mattered
  Lawrence B. Morse - February, 2003



• The Returns to Seniority in the Labor Market for Academic Economists
  Greg Price (with Laura Razzolini, National Science Foundation and Univ. of Mississippi) - February, 2003



• On "Arbitrage" and Market Efficiency: An Examination of NFL Wagering
  Mark Burkey - Revised Version, February, 2003 (To appear in Fall, 2005 New York Economic Review)



• Educational Attainment of Blacks Post Brown vs. Board of Education: Has Primary and Secondary School Integration Made a Difference?
  Darnell Cloud - June, 2002
• Integrated Schools Post Brown V Board: A Look at Academic Achievement of African Americans
  Darnell Cloud - November, 2001



• The Funding Of Economics Research: Does Social Capital Matter For Success At The National Science Foundation?
  Greg Price and Robert M. Feinberg - October, 2001



• The Treatment Effects of Participation in the American Economic Association Summer Minority Program: Estimates from Simple and Regression-adjusted Propensity Score Weighted  Estimators
  Greg Price - June, 2001



• Absenteeism and Endogenous Preferences
  Darnell Cloud - January, 2001



• The Impact of National Science Foundation Research Support on the Research Productivity of Minority and Nonminority Economists: Evidence from 1995 SESTAT Data
  Greg Price - October, 2000



• Employment Choice and Economics Faculty Research at Black Colleges: A Sample Selection Approach
  Jacqueline Agesa, Maury Granger, and Greg Price October, 2000



• South African Apartheid, Black Inequality, and Economic Growth: An Approach Towards Reparations Policy
  Greg Price - June, 2000



• Economic Growth in a Cross Section of Non-Industrial Countries: Does Colonial Heritage Matter for Africa?
  Greg Price - June, 2000



• The Optimal Ownership of Insurance Companies
  Lawrence Morse - June, 2000



• The Optimal Ownership of Thrifts
  Lawrence Morse - June, 2000



• Report: An Economic Impact Analysis Of The Proposed Greensboro International Civil Rights Center And Museum
  Greg Price - Spring, 2000



• Economic Growth In A Cross-Section Of Sub-Saharan African Countries: The Effects And Costs Of Colonial Heritage
  Greg Price - December, 1999



• A Case for Water Utilities as Cooperatives and the UK Experience
  Lawrence Morse - October, 1999
  Forthcoming, Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics



• Consumer Discrimination and Black Firm Entry Deterrence: Some Reparable Damage Estimates
  Greg Price - September, 1999



• The Idea of a Black University
  Greg Price - September, 1999



• Student Learning in the Principles of Economics Course At Predominantly Black and White Universities: Lessons from Two Schools (Paper and Tables)
  Scott Simkins - August, 1999



• Theory and Measurement in Macroeconomics
  Scott Simkins - August, 1999