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Working Papers

2023

1. What Can Historically Black Colleges and Universities Teach about Improving Higher Education Outcomes for Black Students?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article What Can Historically Black Colleges and Universities Teach about Improving Higher Education Outcomes for Black Students?, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association (2023) View citations (2) (2023)

2010

2. Short Criminals: Stature and Crime in Early America
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Short Criminals: Stature and Crime in Early America, Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press (2012) View citations (24) (2012)

2009

3. Crime and Body Weight in the Nineteenth Century: Was there a Relationship between Brawn, Employment Opportunities and Crime?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

1997

4. Evolution, Green Beards, And Skin Hue Wage Discrimination
   Labor and Demography, University Library of Munich, Germany

1995

5. Consumer Discrimination, Duopoly, and Black Firm Entry: The Welfare Effect of Subsidies
   Industrial Organization, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Consumer discrimination, duopoly, and black firm entry: The welfare effect of subsidies, The Review of Black Political Economy, Springer (1995) (1995)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Is Female Genital Circumcision a Driver of Income Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from Nigeria
   Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 2025, 37, (1), 112-128

2024

2. Can business clinics induce minority entrepreneurship? Treatment effect estimates from Atlanta and New Orleans
   Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 2024, 21, (C) View citations (1)

2023

3. What Can Historically Black Colleges and Universities Teach about Improving Higher Education Outcomes for Black Students?
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2023, 37, (3), 213-32 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper What Can Historically Black Colleges and Universities Teach about Improving Higher Education Outcomes for Black Students?, NBER Working Papers (2023) View citations (3) (2023)

2022

4. Incarceration risk, asset pricing, and black‐white wealth inequality
   Social Science Quarterly, 2022, 103, (5), 1306-1319
5. Is The Criminal Justice System A Barrier To Entrepreneurship In Fragile Communities?
   Entrepreneurship Research Journal, 2022, 12, (1), 14 View citations (1)
6. Racial Differences in Time at Work Not Working
   ILR Review, 2022, 75, (3), 552-572 View citations (1)
7. The Treatment Effect of Business Education on the Supply of High School Entrepreneurs in Atlanta and New Orleans
   The American Economist, 2022, 67, (1), 85-98 View citations (1)

2021

8. Can Black Entrepreneurship Reduce Black-White Inequality in the United States?
   Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, 2021, 4, (4), 294-301
9. Did profitable slave trading enable the expansion of empire?: The Asiento de Negros, the South Sea Company and the financial revolution in Great Britain
   Cliometrica, 2021, 15, (3), 675-718
   Also in Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 2021, 15, (3), 675-718 (2021)
10. L' Asiento de Negros, la Compagnie des mers du Sud, les profits de la traite d'esclaves et la révolution financière en Grande-Bretagne
    Revue d'économie financière, 2021, N° 143, (3), 231-237
11. The Effect of Social Distancing on the Early Spread of the Novel Coronavirus
    Social Science Quarterly, 2021, 102, (5), 2331-2340 View citations (4)
12. Was trade openness with China an initial driver of cross-country human coronavirus infections?
    Journal of Economic Studies, 2021, 49, (1), 112-125

2020

13. Ex-Incarceree/Convict Status: Beneficial for Self-Employment and Entrepreneurship?
    The American Economist, 2020, 65, (1), 144-162 View citations (1)
14. Introduction to the Special Issue: COVID-19 and Its Impact on Racial/Ethnic Groups
    Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, 2020, 3, (4), 221-222
15. Is the Economics Knowledge Production Function Constrained by Race in the USA?
    Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 2020, 11, (2), 614-629 View citations (2)

2019

16. Does Productivity in the Formal Food Sector Drive Human Ebola Virus Infections in Sub‐Saharan Africa?
    African Development Review, 2019, 31, (2), 167-178 View citations (1)
17. Entrepreneurs
    Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, 2019, 9, (1), 53-64

2017

18. Climate Change and Cross-State Islamist Terrorism in Nigeria
    Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, 2017, 23, (3), 13 View citations (2)
19. Science Labor Supply in Sub-Saharan Africa: Is There a Gender Disparity in Preferences?
    African Development Review, 2017, 29, (3), 367-375 View citations (45)

2016

20. BREAKING BAD IN MISSISSIPPI: DO COUNTY-LEVEL ALCOHOL SALE BANS ENCOURAGE CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION?
    Studies in Business and Economics, 2016, 11, (3), 55-66
21. Broken windows and crime in development challenged urban areas: Evidence from Jackson, Mississippi USA
    Journal of Developing Areas, 2016, 50, (3), 209-220 View citations (2)
22. Can Black Africa afford to be Green Africa?
    Journal of Economic Studies, 2016, 43, (1), 48-58 View citations (1)

2015

23. Consumer’s Surplus with a Racial Apology? Black Relative to Non-Black Inequality in the Welfare Gains of Fuel-Efficient Cars and Trucks
    The Review of Black Political Economy, 2015, 42, (1), 135-154

2014

24. Does Famine Matter for Aggregate Adolescent Human Capital Acquisition in Sub-Saharan Africa?
    African Development Review, 2014, 26, (3), 454-467 View citations (2)
25. Does regional currency integration ameliorate global macroeconomic shocks in sub-Saharan Africa? The case of the 2008-2009 global financial crisis
    Journal of Economic Studies, 2014, 41, (5), 737-750 View citations (79)
26. The Scholarly Status of Blacks in the Economics Profession: Have the National Economic Association and the Review of Black Political Economy Mattered?
    The Review of Black Political Economy, 2014, 41, (1), 1-11 View citations (3)

2013

27. Does Ethnicity Matter for Access to Childhoodand Adolescent Health Capital in China? Evidence from the Wage-Height Relationship in the 2006 China Health and Nutrition Survey
    The Review of Black Political Economy, 2013, 40, (3), 315-339 View citations (2)
28. Ethnicity as a Barrier to Childhood and Adolescent Health Capital in Tanzania: Evidence from the Wage-Height Relationship
    African Development Review, 2013, 25, (1), 1-13 View citations (5)
    Also in African Development Review, 2013, 25, (1), 1-13 (2013) View citations (4)
29. Evaluating the Utility of Existing Patient-Reported Outcome Scales in Novel Patient Populations with Pancreatic Cancer, Lung Cancer, and Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Using Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey Data
    The Patient: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, 2013, 6, (3), 189-200
30. Hurricane Katrina as an Experiment in Housing Mobility and Neighborhood Effects: Were the Relocated Poor Black Evacuees Better-Off?
    The Review of Black Political Economy, 2013, 40, (2), 121-143
31. Michael B. Boston. The Business Strategy of Booker T. Washington: Its Development and Implementation. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2010. xxi + 243 pp. ISBN 978-0-8130-3473-7, $69.95 (cloth)
    Enterprise & Society, 2013, 14, (4), 873-875
32. The allometry of metabolism and stature: Worker fatigue and height in the Tanzanian labor market
    Economics & Human Biology, 2013, 11, (4), 515-521 View citations (4)

2012

33. Race, Trust in Government, and Self-Employment
    The American Economist, 2012, 57, (2), 171-187 View citations (8)
34. Remittances and the Financing of Terrorism In Sub-Saharan Africa: 1974 - 2006
    Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, 2012, 18, (1), 42 View citations (8)
35. Short Criminals: Stature and Crime in Early America
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2012, 55, (2), 393 - 419 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper Short Criminals: Stature and Crime in Early America, NBER Working Papers (2010) View citations (2) (2010)
36. The Incredible Shrinking Black Woman: Implications of Health Policies
    The Review of Black Political Economy, 2012, 39, (4), 381-388

2011

37. The Relative Returns to Graduating from a Historically Black College/University: Propensity Score Matching Estimates from the National Survey of Black Americans
    The Review of Black Political Economy, 2011, 38, (2), 103-130 View citations (5)

2010

38. Crime and Body Weight in the 19th Century: Was There Complementarity between Brawn, Employment Opportunities and Crime ?
    Economies et Sociétés (Serie 'Histoire Economique Quantitative'), 2010, (41), 1-20
39. Does China Transfer Productivity Enhancing Technology to Sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from Manufacturing Firms
    African Development Review, 2010, 22, (S1), 587-598 View citations (92)
40. The Subprime Crisis and African Americans—Response
    The Review of Black Political Economy, 2010, 37, (3), 231-236
41. The economics of race and eugenic sterilization in North Carolina: 1958-1968
    Economics & Human Biology, 2010, 8, (2), 261-272 View citations (2)

2009

42. Does religion constrain the risky sex behaviour associated with HIV/AIDS?
    Applied Economics, 2009, 41, (6), 791-802 View citations (2)
43. Obesity and crime: Is there a relationship?
    Economics Letters, 2009, 103, (3), 149-152 View citations (8)
44. The problem of the 21st century: Economics faculty and the color line
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2009, 38, (2), 331-343 View citations (10)

2008

45. Does the stigma of slavery explain the maltreatment of blacks by whites: The case of lynchings
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2008, 37, (1), 167-193 View citations (8)
46. Hurricane Katrina: Was There a Political Economy of Death?
    The Review of Black Political Economy, 2008, 35, (4), 163-180 View citations (10)
47. NEA Presidential Address: Black Economists of the World You Cite!!
    The Review of Black Political Economy, 2008, 35, (1), 1-12 View citations (1)

2007

48. The tree of science and original sin: Do christian religious beliefs constrain the supply of scientists?
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2007, 36, (1), 144-160 View citations (4)
49. WOULD INCREASED NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION RESEARCH SUPPORT TO ECONOMISTS AT HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITIES INCREASE THEIR RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY?
    The Review of Black Political Economy, 2007, 34, (1), 87-109 View citations (2)

2006

50. Crime and Punishment: And Skin Hue Too?
    American Economic Review, 2006, 96, (2), 246-250 View citations (12)
51. The research productivity of black economists: A rejoinder
    The Review of Black Political Economy, 2006, 33, (3), 51-63 View citations (2)

2005

52. Consumer discrimination and black firm entry deterrence: Some reparable damage estimates
    The Review of Black Political Economy, 2005, 32, (3), 121-140 View citations (1)
53. The Causal Effects of Participation in the American Economic Association Summer Minority Program
    Southern Economic Journal, 2005, 72, (1), 78-97

2004

54. The Funding of Economics Research: Does Social Capital Matter for Success at the National Science Foundation?
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2004, 86, (1), 245-252 View citations (14)

2003

55. African economies and the Kuznets curve: an exploratory investigation
    Applied Economics Letters, 2003, 10, (12), 747-751 View citations (4)
56. Economic Growth in a Cross‐section of Nonindustrial Countries: Does Colonial Heritage Matter for Africa?
    Review of Development Economics, 2003, 7, (3), 478-495 View citations (40)
57. SOUTH AFRICAN APARTHEID, BLACK‐WHITE INEQUALITY, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: IMPLICATIONS FOR REPARATIONS
    South African Journal of Economics, 2003, 71, (3), 611-630

2002

58. Swimming upstream?: The relative research productivity of economists at black colleges
    The Review of Black Political Economy, 2002, 29, (3), 71-92 View citations (2)
59. The research productivity of black economists: Ranking by individuals and doctoral alma mater
    The Review of Black Political Economy, 2002, 30, (2), 7-24 View citations (4)

2001

60. Employment choice and economics faculty research: A sample selection approach
    International Advances in Economic Research, 2001, 7, (2), 267-267

2000

61. Cereal Sales Soggy Despite Price Cuts and Reduced Couponing
    Food Review/ National Food Review, 2000, 23, (2), 8 View citations (3)
62. Economics Faculty Research at Teaching Institutions: Are Historically Black Colleges Different?
    Southern Economic Journal, 2000, 67, (2), 427-447

1998

63. Economics research at historically black colleges and universities: Rankings and effects on the supply of black economists
    The Review of Black Political Economy, 1998, 25, (4), 41-53 View citations (7)

1996

64. Black public colleges and universities as projects: How do they rank relative to white public colleges and universities?
    The Review of Black Political Economy, 1996, 24, (4), 65-79 View citations (2)

1995

65. Consumer discrimination, duopoly, and black firm entry: The welfare effect of subsidies
    The Review of Black Political Economy, 1995, 23, (4), 69-76
    See also Working Paper Consumer Discrimination, Duopoly, and Black Firm Entry: The Welfare Effect of Subsidies, Industrial Organization (1995) View citations (1) (1995)
66. The determinants of entry for black-owned commercial banks
    The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 1995, 35, (3), 289-303 View citations (3)

1994

67. The cost of government deposits for black-owned commercial banks
    The Review of Black Political Economy, 1994, 23, (1), 9-24 View citations (1)

Chapters

2023

1. The Reparable Damages of European Colonialism in Sub-Saharan Africa
   Springer

2020

2. The dearth of Black economics faculty - Is racial bias the culprit?
   Chapter 1 in Publishing and Measuring Success in Economics, 2020, vol. 1, pp 125-133

2017

3. Is Regional Integration Beneficial for Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa? The Case of CEMAC and WAEMU
   Springer

2014

4. Do Inequality-Based Entry Barriers Deter the Formation of Female-Owned Firms in Nigeria?
   Springer
5. Terrorism and Regional Integration in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of the CFA Franc Zone
   Springer View citations (5)