(Non)existence of Pleated Folds: How Paper Folds Between Creases (2009)
Demaine, Erik D., Demaine, Martin L., Hart, Vi, Price, Gregory N., Tachi, Tomohiro
We prove that the pleated hyperbolic paraboloid, a familiar origami model known since 1927, in fact cannot be folded with the standard crease pattern in the standard mathematical model of...
A Pseudopolynomial Algorithm for Alexandrov's Theorem (2008)
Kane, Daniel, Price, Gregory N., Demaine, Erik D.
Alexandrov's Theorem states that every metric with the global topology and local geometry required of a convex polyhedron is in fact the intrinsic metric of some convex polyhedron. Recent work by...
Generalized D-Forms Have No Spurious Creases (2007)
Price, Gregory N., Demaine, Erik D.
A convex surface flat everywhere but on finitely many disjoint smooth curves (or "seams") and points is called a seam form. We show that the only creases through the flat regions of a seam form are...
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Crime And Punishment, Kwabena Gyimah-brempong, Gregory N. Price
This paper considers whether the disadvantages that accrue to black Americans with a dark skin hue also induce a transition into criminal activity---an outcome consistent with standard economic...
The paper investigates the effects of Sub-Saharan African colonial heritage on economic growth in a sample of nonindustrial countries. An empirical Solow growth model is specified in a way that...
Consumer Discrimination, Duopoly, and Black Firm Entry: The Welfare Effect of Subsidies
Consumer discrimination, to the extent that it discourages the entry of Black-owned firms may be welfare reducing, as market output is lower than otherwise. This paper offers a simple model of...
Does the stigma of slavery explain the maltreatment of blacks by whites: The case of lynchings
Price, Gregory N., Darity Jr., William A., Headen Jr., Alvin E.
Evolution, Green Beards, And Skin Hue Wage Discrimination
This paper provides an evolutionary rationale for both interracial and intraracial wage differentials by examining the implications of white employers mediating their employer-employee relationships...
Robert M. Feinberg, Gregory N. Price
Utilizing data on research proposals submitted to the National Science Foundation (NSF) Economics Program over a 5-year period, this paper examines whether the social capital stock of grant...
The Causal Effects of Participation in the American Economic Association Summer Minority Program
This article examines whether participation by underrepresented minority groups in the American Economics Association Summer Minority Program (AEASMP) has causal effects on outcomes associated with...
The problem of the 21st century: Economics faculty and the color line
With historical data on black economist hirings in Ph.D. granting economics programs and the supply of new black economics doctorates in the United States, this paper examines the conventional...
Economics Faculty Research at Teaching Institutions: Are Historically Black Colleges Different?
Jacqueline Agesa, Maury Granger, Gregory N. Price
This paper examines the difference in research output of economics departments at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and non-HBCUs that are teaching institutions. We also examine...
Obesity and crime: Is there a relationship?
This paper considers the extent to which individual crime hazards increase with four measures of clinical obesity. Cox proportional hazard parameter estimates suggest that reductions in the incidence...