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William A. Masters

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First Name:William
Middle Name:Alan
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http://sites.tufts.edu/willmasters
Friedman School of Nutrition 150 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA 02111
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Affiliation

(5%) Department of Economics
Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (United States)
http://ase.tufts.edu/econ/
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(95%) Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (United States)
http://nutrition.tufts.edu/
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Working papers

  1. Elena M. Martinez & Nicole Tichenor Blackstone & Parke E. Wilde & Anna W. Herforth & William A. Masters, 2024. "Environmental impacts, nutritional profiles, and retail prices of commonly sold retail food items in 181 countries: an observational study," Papers 2401.13159, arXiv.org.
  2. Leah Costlow & Anna Herforth & Timothy B. Sulser & Nicola Cenacchi & William A. Masters, 2024. "Global analysis reveals persistent shortfalls and regional differences in availability of foods needed for health," Papers 2401.01080, arXiv.org, revised Oct 2024.
  3. Masters, William A. & Wallingford, Jessica K. & Herforth, Anna W. & Bai, Yan, 2024. "Measuring food access using the Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD): Insights from retail prices worldwide," IAAE 2024 Conference, August 2-7, 2024, New Delhi, India 345234, International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE).
  4. Jessica K. Wallingford & William A. Masters, 2023. "Least-cost diets to teach optimization and consumer behavior, with applications to health equity, poverty measurement and international development," Papers 2312.11767, arXiv.org.
  5. Kate R. Schneider & Luc Christiaensen & Patrick Webb & William A. Masters, 2022. "Assessing the Affordability of Nutrient-Adequate Diets," Papers 2207.07240, arXiv.org.
  6. Herforth, Anna & Venkat, Aishwarya & Bai, Yan & Costlow, Leah & Holleman, Cindy & Masters, William A., 2022. "Methods and options to monitor the cost and affordability of a healthy diet globally Background paper for The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022," ESA Working Papers 324075, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA).
  7. William A. Masters & Amelia B. Finaret & Steven A. Block, 2022. "The economics of malnutrition: Dietary transition and food system transformation," Papers 2202.02579, arXiv.org.
  8. Wallingford, Jessica K. & Masters, William A., 2021. "Stringency of COVID-19 movement restrictions are associated with elevated retail food prices: evidence from 133 countries," 2021 Annual Meeting, August 1-3, Austin, Texas 314003, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  9. Kaiyatsa, Stevier & Schneider, Kate & Masters, William A., 2021. "How Sensitive Are Cost of Living Metrics to Missing Food Price Data? Evidence from a Novel Market Survey and Consumer Price Data in Rural Malawi," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 315208, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
  10. Schneider, Kate & Christiaensen, Luc & Webb, Patrick & Masters, William A., 2021. "Availability, Seasonality, and Affordability of Nutritious Diets for All – Evidence from Malawi," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 315036, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
  11. Kaiyatsa, Stevier & Schneider, Kate R. & Masters, William A., 2021. "Missing prices in CPI data reflect both seasonal availability and random omissions: Evidence from a novel survey of market informants in Malawi," 2021 Annual Meeting, August 1-3, Austin, Texas 313972, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  12. Michler, Jeffrey D & Masters, William A. & Josephson, Anna, 2020. "Research Ethics Beyond the IRB: Selection Bias and the Direction of Innovation in Applied Economics," MetaArXiv uzxf9, Center for Open Science.
  13. Finaret, Amelia B. & Masters, William A., 2020. "Can shorter mothers have taller children? Nutritional mobility, health equity, and the intergenerational transmission of relative height," 2020 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, Kansas City, Missouri 304397, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  14. Schneider, Kate & Masters, William & Webb, Patrick & Christiaensen, Luc, 2020. "Sources, intake levels, and shadow prices of essential nutrients in rural Malawi: Evidence from household surveys and market prices reveal the cost of vitamins and minerals," 2020 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, Kansas City, Missouri 304483, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  15. Herforth, Anna & Bai, Yan & Venkat, Aishwarya & Mahrt, Kristi & Ebel, Alissa & Masters, William A., 2020. "Cost and affordability of healthy diets across and within countries," FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Study 309369, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA).
  16. Zaharia, Sonia & Masters, William A. & Ghosh, Shibani & Shively, Gerald E. & Heneveld, Katherine M. & Liang, Lichen & Gurung, Sabi & Shrestha, Robin & Thorne-Lyman, Andrew & Webb, Patrick, 2019. "Measuring Resilience: A Triple-Difference Approach," 2019 Annual Meeting, July 21-23, Atlanta, Georgia 291214, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  17. Gilbert, Rachel & Subedi, Binita & Wallingford, Jessica & Wilson, Norbert & Masters, William A, 2019. "Nutrient and mycotoxin content of commercially-sold premixed infant cereals in Malawi," MaSSP working papers 28, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  18. Schneider, Kate & Masters, William A., 2019. "Advancing the use of household surveys for nutrition: Nutrient adequacy at the household level and the cost of nutritious diets in Malawi," 2019 Annual Meeting, July 21-23, Atlanta, Georgia 291025, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  19. Kaiyatsa, Stevier & Bai, Yan & Schneider, Kate & Herforth, Anna & Masters, William A., 2019. "Do remote rural people pay higher prices for more nutritious foods? Evidence from 130,975 price observations at rural markets in Malawi, 2007-2017," 2019 Sixth International Conference, September 23-26, 2019, Abuja, Nigeria 295737, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
  20. Headey, Derek D. & Masters, William A., 2019. "Agriculture and undernutrition through the lens of economics:," IFPRI discussion papers 1876, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  21. Alemu, Robel & Block, Steven A. & Headey, Derek & Bai, Yan & Masters, William A., 2018. "Why are nutritious foods so expensive? Economic development and the cost of nutritious diets," 2019 Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) Annual Meeting, January 4-6, 2019, Atlanta, Georgia 281163, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  22. Schneider, K. & Masters, W.A., 2018. "Orange Fanta vs orange fruit: A novel measure of nutrition knowledge and women’s diet quality in Malawi," 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia 275959, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
  23. Bai, Yan & Masters, William A., 2018. "Seasonality in the cost of nutritious diets by region in Tanzania," 2018 Annual Meeting, August 5-7, Washington, D.C. 274143, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  24. Masters, W.A. & Alvarez, G. Guevara, 2018. "Willingness to Pay for Hermetic Grain Storage Bags in Malawi," 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia 277295, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
  25. Michler, Jeffrey D. & Masters, William A. & Josephson, Anna, 2018. "Beyond the IRB: Towards a typology of research ethics in applied economics," 2019 Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) Annual Meeting, January 4-6, 2019, Atlanta, Georgia 281171, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  26. Masters, W.A. & Singh, P., 2018. "Performance bonuses for public services: Winner-take-all prizes versus proportional payments to reduce child malnutrition in India," 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia 277046, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
  27. Masters, William A. & Bai, Yan & Herforth, Anna & Sarpong, Daniel & Mishili, Fulgence & Kinabo, Joyce & Coates, Jennifer C., 2017. "Measuring Access to Nutritious Diets in Africa: Novel Price Indexes for Diet Diversity and the Cost of Nutrient Adequacy," 2018 Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) Annual Meeting, January 5-7, 2018, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 264946, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  28. Mulmi, Prajula & Masters, William A. & Block, Steven A. & Webb, Patrick, 2017. "Farm production, child dietary intake and household wealth: Results from a nationally-representative survey in Nepal," 2017 Annual Meeting, July 30-August 1, Chicago, Illinois 259163, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  29. Larsen, Anna F. & Headey, Derek & Masters, William A., 2017. "Misreporting Month of Birth: Implications for Research on Nutrition and Early Childhood in Low-Income Countries," 2017 Annual Meeting, July 30-August 1, Chicago, Illinois 258554, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  30. Larsen, Anna Folke & Headey, Derek D. & Masters, William A., 2017. "Misreporting month of birth: Implications for nutrition research," IFPRI discussion papers 1617, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  31. Singh, Prakarsh & Masters, William A., 2016. "Behavior Change for Early Childhood Nutrition: Effectiveness of Health Worker Training Depends on Maternal Information in a Randomized Control Trial," IZA Discussion Papers 10375, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  32. Block, Steven & Masters, William & Mulmi, Prajula & Shively, Gerald, 2016. "Climatic conditions and child height: Sex-specific vulnerability and the protective effects of sanitation and food markets in Nepal," 2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts 234406, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  33. William A. Masters & Prakarsh Singh, 2016. "Impact of Caregiver Incentives on Child Health: Evidence from an Experiment with Anganwadi Workers in India," Working Papers id:11258, eSocialSciences.
  34. Darrouzet-Nardi, Amelia & Masters, William, 2015. "Nutrition smoothing: Can access to towns and cities protect children against poor health conditions at birth?," 2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy 211558, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
  35. Mesbah J. Motamed & Raymond J.G.M. Florax & William A. Masters, 2014. "Agriculture, Transportation and the Timing of Urbanization: Global Analysis at the Grid Cell Level," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 14-002/VIII, Tinbergen Institute.
  36. Darrouzet-Nardi, Amelia & Masters, William A., 2014. "Market access and child nutrition in a conflict environment," 2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota 170286, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  37. Margaret S. McMillan & William A. Masters & Harounan Kazianga, 2013. "Disease Control, Demographic Change and Institutional Development in Africa," NBER Working Papers 19245, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  38. Motamed, Mesbah J. & Florax, Raymond J.G.M. & Masters, William A., 2012. "Borders and Barriers: Spatial Analysis of Agricultural Output Spillovers at the Grid Cell Level," 2012 Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012, Seattle, Washington 124790, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  39. McMillan, Margaret & Masters, William A. & Kazianga, Harounan, 2012. "Rural demography, public services, and land rights in Africa: A village-level analysis in Burkina Faso," IFPRI discussion papers 1164, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  40. Roman M. Sheremeta & William A. Masters & Timothy N. Cason, 2012. "Winner-Take-All and Proportional-Prize Contests: Theory and Experimental Results," Working Papers 12-04, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute.
  41. Masters, William A. & Kuwornu, John & Sarpong, Daniel, 2011. "Improving child nutrition through quality certification of infant foods: scoping study from a randomized trial in Ghana," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 36372, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
  42. Masters, William A. & Kuwornu, John & Sarpong, Daniel, 2011. "Improving child nutrition through quality certification of infant foods: policy implications of a scoping study in Ghana," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 36361, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
  43. Block, Steven A. & Masters, William A. & Bhagowalia, Priya, 2010. "Child Undernutrition, Household Poverty and National Income in Developing Countries: Quantile Regression Results," 2010 Annual Meeting, July 25-27, 2010, Denver, Colorado 61323, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  44. Timothy N. Cason & William A. Masters & Roman M. Sheremeta, 2010. "Entry into Winner-Take-All and Proportional-Prize Contests: An Experimental Study," Working Papers 10-10, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute.
  45. Kym Anderson & William A. Masters & Marianne Kurzweil & Ernesto Valenzuela, 2009. "How Far Has Africa Come in Reducing its Anti-agricultural Policy Bias?," School of Economics and Public Policy Working Papers 2009-07, University of Adelaide, School of Economics and Public Policy.
  46. Masters, William A. & Garcia, Andres F., 2009. "Agricultural Price Distortion and Stabilization: Stylized facts and Hypothesis Tests," Agricultural Distortions Working Paper Series 50301, World Bank.
  47. Masters, William A. & Garcia, Andres F., 2009. "The Political Economy of Agricultural Policy: Global Trends and Future Prospects," Conference papers 331868, Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project.
  48. Motamed, Mesbah J. & Florax, Raymond J.G.M. & Masters, William J., 2009. "Geography and Economic Transition: Global Spatial Analysis at the Grid Cell Level," 2009 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, 2009, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 49589, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  49. Bhagowalia, Priya & Chen, Susan E. & Masters, William J., 2009. "Effects And Determinants Of Mild Underweight Among Preschool Children Across Countries And Over Time," Working papers 54312, Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Economics.
  50. Rios, Ana R. & Shively, Gerald E. & Masters, William A., 2009. "Agricultural Prices and Income Distribution among Farmers: A Whole-Household, Multi-Country, Multi-Year Analysis," 2009 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, 2009, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 49314, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  51. Rios, Ana R. & Shively, Gerald E. & Masters, William A., 2009. "Farm Productivity and Household Market Participation: Evidence from LSMS Data," 2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China 51031, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
  52. Sheremeta, Roman & Masters, William & Cason, Timothy, 2009. "Contests with Random Noise and a Shared Prize," MPRA Paper 58271, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  53. Masters, William A. & Delbecq, Benoit, 2008. "Accelerating innovation with prize rewards: History and typology of technology prizes and a new contest design for innovation in African agriculture," IFPRI discussion papers 835, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  54. Rios, Ana R. & Masters, William A. & Shively, Gerald E., 2008. "Linkages between Market Participation and Productivity: Results from a Multi-Country Farm Household Sample," 2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida 6145, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
  55. Bhagowalia, Priya & Chen, Susan E. & Masters, William A., 2008. "The Distribution Of Child Nutritional Status Across Countries And Over Time," 2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida 6167, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
  56. Anderson, Kym & Masters, William A., 2008. "Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Sub-Saharan and North Africa," Agricultural Distortions Working Paper Series 48572, World Bank.
  57. Bamou, Ernest & Masters, William A., 2007. "Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Cameroon," Agricultural Distortions Working Paper Series 48518, World Bank.
  58. Anderson, Kym & Masters, William A., 2007. "Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Africa," Agricultural Distortions Working Paper Series 48554, World Bank.
  59. Masters, William A., 2007. "Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Senegal," Agricultural Distortions Working Paper Series 48517, World Bank.
  60. Ngeleza, Guyslain K. & Florax, Raymond J.G.M. & Masters, William A., 2006. "Geographic And Institutional Determinants Of Real Income: A Spatio-Temporal Simultaneous Equation Approach," Staff Papers 28663, Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Economics.
  61. Macartan Humphreys & William Masters & Martin Sandbu, 2006. "The role of leadership in democratic deliberations: Results from a field experiment in sao tome and principe," Natural Field Experiments 00303, The Field Experiments Website.
  62. Yao, Richard T. & Shively, Gerald E. & Masters, William J., 2005. "How Successful Are Government Interventions In Food Markets? Insights From The Philippine Rice Market," 2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI 19263, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
  63. Balagtas, Joseph Valdes & Masters, William J. & Zimmer, Timothy, 2005. "Cartel Pricing with Entry: the Experience of the Far West Marketing Order for Spearmint," 2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI 19328, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
  64. Masters, William J., 2003. "Research Prizes: A Mechanism To Reward Innovation In African Agriculture," 2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada 22162, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
  65. William Masters & Diakalia Sanogo, 2002. "Welfare gains from quality certification of infant foods: Results from a market experiment in mali," Framed Field Experiments 00191, The Field Experiments Website.
  66. Sanogo, Diakalia & Masters, William A., 2002. "The Value Of Quality Certification For Infant Foods: Results From A Market Experiment In Mali," 2002 Annual meeting, July 28-31, Long Beach, CA 19601, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
  67. Kazianga, Harounan & Masters, William A., 2002. "Property Rights, Production Technology And Deforestation: Cocoa In West Africa," 2002 Annual meeting, July 28-31, Long Beach, CA 19871, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
  68. Kazianga, Harounan & Masters, William A., 2001. "Investing In Soils: Field Bunds And Microcatchments In Burkina Faso," 2001 Annual meeting, August 5-8, Chicago, IL 20483, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
  69. William A. Masters & Margaret S. McMillan, 2000. "Climate and Scale in Economic Growth," CID Working Papers 48A, Center for International Development at Harvard University.
  70. Margaret S. McMillan & William A. Masters, 2000. "Africa's Growth Trap: A Political-Economy Model of Taxation, R&D and Investment," CID Working Papers 50A, Center for International Development at Harvard University.
  71. William A. Masters & Margaret S. McMillan, 1999. "Ethnolinguistic Diversity, Government Expenditures and Economic Growth Across Countries," Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University 9902, Department of Economics, Tufts University.
  72. Masters, W.A. & Davies, R. & Hertel, T.W., 1999. "Europe, South Africa, and Southern Africa: Regional Integration in a Global Context," Papers 30, Bell Communications - Economic Research Group.
  73. William A. Masters & Margaret S. McMillan, 1999. "A Political Economy Model of Agricultural Taxation, R&D, and Growth in Africa," Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University 9903, Department of Economics, Tufts University.
  74. Martinez, Elmer & Shively, Gerald E. & Masters, William J., 1998. "Testing The Link Between Public Intervention And Food Price Variability: Evidence From Rice Markets In The Philippines," 1998 Annual meeting, August 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT 20883, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
  75. Anandajayasekeram, Ponniah & Masters, William A. & Oehmke, James F., 1997. "Impact Assessment of African Agricultural Technology Development and Transfer: Synthesis of Findings and Lessons Learned," Food Security International Development Policy Syntheses 11372, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.
  76. Hertel, Thomas W. & Masters, William A. & Gehlhar, Mark J., 1997. "Regionalism in World Food Markets: Implications for Trade and Welfare," 1997 Conference, August 10-16, 1997, Sacramento, California 197046, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
  77. Dalton, Timothy J. & Masters, William A., 1997. "Soil Degradation, Technical Change And Government Policies In Southern Mali," 1997 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Toronto, Canada 21033, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
  78. Masters, William A. & Winter-Nelson, Alex, 1997. "Evaluating the Economic Efficiency of Agricultural Activities in Developing Countries: Domestic Resource Costs and the Social Cost-Benefit Ration," 1997 Occasional Paper Series No. 7 198201, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
  79. Masters, William A., 1993. "Measuring Protection In Agriculture: The Producer Subsidy Equivalent Revisited," Working Papers 51114, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium.
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Articles

  1. Gilbert, Rachel & Costlow, Leah & Matteson, Julia & Rauschendorfer, Jakob & Krivonos, Ekaterina & Block, Steven A. & Masters, William A., 2024. "Trade policy reform, retail food prices and access to healthy diets worldwide," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 177(C).
  2. Kate R. Schneider & Luc Christiaensen & Patrick Webb & William A. Masters, 2023. "Assessing the affordability of nutrient‐adequate diets," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 105(2), pages 503-524, March.
  3. Bai, Yan & Alemu, Robel & Block, Steven A. & Headey, Derek & Masters, William A., 2021. "Cost and affordability of nutritious diets at retail prices: Evidence from 177 countries," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
  4. Bai, Yan & Costlow, Leah & Ebel, Alissa & Laves, Sarah & Ueda, Yurika & Volin, Natalie & Zamek, Maya & Herforth, Anna & Masters, William A., 2021. "Review: Retail consumer price data reveal gaps and opportunities to monitor food systems for nutrition," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 104(C).
  5. Jeffrey D. Michler & William A. Masters & Anna Josephson, 2021. "Research ethics beyond the IRB: Selection bias and the direction of innovation in applied economics," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 43(4), pages 1352-1365, December.
  6. William A. Masters, 2021. "William A. Masters," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 103(2), pages 399-400, March.
  7. Cason, Timothy N. & Masters, William A. & Sheremeta, Roman M., 2020. "Winner-take-all and proportional-prize contests: Theory and experimental results," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 175(C), pages 314-327.
  8. Singh, Prakarsh & Masters, William A., 2020. "Performance bonuses in the public sector: Winner-take-all prizes versus proportional payments to reduce child malnutrition in India," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 146(C).
  9. Finaret, Amelia B. & Masters, William A., 2020. "Can shorter mothers have taller children? Nutritional mobility, health equity and the intergenerational transmission of relative height," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 39(C).
  10. Choudhury, Samira & Headey, Derek D. & Masters, William A., 2019. "First foods: Diet quality among infants aged 6–23 months in 42 countries," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 88(C).
  11. Amelia B. Finaret & William A. Masters, 2019. "Beyond Calories: The New Economics of Nutrition," Annual Review of Resource Economics, Annual Reviews, vol. 11(1), pages 237-259, October.
  12. Anna Folke Larsen & Derek Headey & William A. Masters, 2019. "Misreporting Month of Birth: Diagnosis and Implications for Research on Nutrition and Early Childhood in Developing Countries," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 56(2), pages 707-728, April.
  13. William A. Masters & Nathaniel Z. Rosenblum & Robel G. Alemu, 2018. "Agricultural Transformation, Nutrition Transition and Food Policy in Africa: Preston Curves Reveal New Stylised Facts," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 54(5), pages 788-802, May.
  14. William A Masters & Yan Bai & Anna Herforth & Daniel B Sarpong & Fulgence Mishili & Joyce Kinabo & Jennifer C Coates, 2018. "Measuring the Affordability of Nutritious Diets in Africa: Price Indexes for Diet Diversity and the Cost of Nutrient Adequacy," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 100(5), pages 1285-1301.
  15. Singh, Prakarsh & Masters, William A., 2017. "Impact of caregiver incentives on child health: Evidence from an experiment with Anganwadi workers in India," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 55(C), pages 219-231.
  16. Amelia F Darrouzet-Nardi & William A Masters, 2017. "Nutrition Smoothing: Can Proximity to Towns and Cities Protect Rural Children against Seasonal Variation in Agroclimatic Conditions at Birth?," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(1), pages 1-21, January.
  17. Mulmi, Prajula & Block, Steven A. & Shively, Gerald E. & Masters, William A., 2016. "Climatic conditions and child height: Sex-specific vulnerability and the protective effects of sanitation and food markets in Nepal," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 23(C), pages 63-75.
  18. William A. Masters & Anaya Hall & Elena M. Martinez & Peilin Shi & Gitanjali Singh & Patrick Webb & Dariush Mozaffarian, 2016. "The nutrition transition and agricultural transformation: a Preston curve approach," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 47(S1), pages 97-114, November.
  19. Chibwana, Christopher & Shively, Gerald & Fisher, Monica & Jumbe, Charles & Masters, William A., 2014. "Measuring the impacts of Malawi’s farm input subsidy programme," African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, African Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 9(2), pages 1-16, April.
  20. Mesbah Motamed & Raymond Florax & William Masters, 2014. "Agriculture, transportation and the timing of urbanization: Global analysis at the grid cell level," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 19(3), pages 339-368, September.
  21. Kazianga, Harounan & Masters, William A. & McMillan, Margaret S., 2014. "Disease control, demographic change and institutional development in Africa," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 110(C), pages 313-326.
  22. Steven A. Block & William A. Masters & Priya Bhagowalia, 2012. "Does Child Undernutrition Persist Despite Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries? Quantile Regression Results," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 48(12), pages 1699-1715, December.
  23. Bhagowalia, Priya & Chen, Susan E. & Masters, William A., 2011. "Effects and determinants of mild underweight among preschool children across countries and over time," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 9(1), pages 66-77, January.
  24. NGELEZA, Guyslain K. & FLORAX, Raymond J.G.M. & MASTERS, William A, 2011. "Spatial Inequality: Overcoming Neighborhood Effects In Africa," Applied Econometrics and International Development, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 11(2).
  25. Cason, Timothy N. & Masters, William A. & Sheremeta, Roman M., 2010. "Entry into winner-take-all and proportional-prize contests: An experimental study," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 94(9-10), pages 604-611, October.
  26. William A. Masters, 2009. "Collier, Paul The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 91(4), pages 1157-1159.
  27. William A. Masters & Gerald E. Shively, 2008. "Introduction to the special issue on the world food crisis," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 39(s1), pages 373-374, November.
  28. Michael E. Johnson & William A. Masters & Paul V. Preckel, 2006. "Diffusion and spillover of new technology: a heterogeneous‐agent model for cassava in West Africa," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 35(2), pages 119-129, September.
  29. William Masters, 2006. "Libéraliser l'agriculture mondiale? Théories, modèles et réalités," European Review of Agricultural Economics, Oxford University Press and the European Agricultural and Applied Economics Publications Foundation, vol. 33(3), pages 441-443, September.
  30. Harounan Kazianga & William A. Masters, 2006. "Property rights, production technology, and deforestation: cocoa in Cameroon," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 35(1), pages 19-26, July.
  31. William A. Masters, 2005. "Book reviews," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 33(s3), pages 535-536, November.
  32. Michael Johnson & William Masters, 2004. "Complementarity and sequencing of innovations: new varieties and mechanized processing for cassava in West Africa," Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(1), pages 19-31.
  33. Margaret S. McMillan & William A. Masters, 2003. "An African Growth Trap: Production Technology and the Time‐Consistency of Agricultural Taxation, R&D and Investment," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 7(2), pages 179-191, May.
  34. William A. Masters & Diakalia Sanogo, 2002. "Welfare Gains from Quality Certification of Infant Foods: Results from a Market Experiment in Mali," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 84(4), pages 974-989.
  35. Kazianga, Harounan & Masters, William A., 2002. "Investing in soils: field bunds and microcatchments in Burkina Faso," Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 7(3), pages 571-591, July.
  36. Sanogo, Diakalia & Masters, William A., 2002. "A market-based approach to child nutrition: mothers' demand for quality certification of infant foods in Bamako, Mali," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 27(3), pages 251-268, June.
  37. Masters, William A & McMillan, Margaret S, 2001. "Climate and Scale in Economic Growth," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 6(3), pages 167-186, September.
  38. Fisher, Monica G. & Masters, William A. & Sidibe, Mamadou, 2000. "Technical change in Senegal's irrigated rice sector: impact assessment under uncertainty," Agricultural Economics, Blackwell, vol. 24(2), pages 179-197, January.
  39. Margaret S. McMillan & William A. Masters, 2000. "Understanding the Political Economy of Agriculture in the Tropics," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 82(3), pages 738-742.
  40. Timothy J. Dalton & William A. Masters, 1998. "Pasture taxes and agricultural intensification in southern Mali," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 19(1-2), pages 27-32, September.
  41. Masters, William A. & Ianchovichina, Elena, 1998. "Measuring exchange rate misalignment: Inflation differentials and domestic relative prices," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 26(3), pages 465-477, March.
  42. William A. Masters & Touba Bedingar & James F. Oehmke, 1998. "The impact of agricultural research in Africa: aggregate and case study evidence," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 19(1-2), pages 81-86, September.
  43. Hertel, Thomas W & Masters, William A & Elbehri, Aziz, 1998. "The Uruguay Round and Africa: A Global, General Equilibrium Analysis," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 7(2), pages 208-236, July.
  44. Timothy J. Dalton & William A. Masters & Kenneth A. Foster, 1997. "Production costs and input substitution in Zimbabwe's smallholder agriculture," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 17(2-3), pages 201-209, December.
  45. William A. Masters & Paul V. Preckel, 1997. "A Spatial Analysis of Maize Marketing Policy Reforms in Zambia," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 79(2), pages 514-523.
  46. Mohamed M. Ahmed & William A. Masters & John H. Sanders, 1995. "Returns from research in economies with policy distortions: hybrid sorghum in Sudan," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 12(2), pages 183-192, April.
  47. William A. Masters & Alex Winter-Nelson, 1995. "Measuring the Comparative Advantage of Agricultural Activities: Domestic Resource Costs and the Social Cost-Benefit Ratio," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 77(2), pages 243-250.
  48. Masters, William A. & Pearson, Scott R., 1993. "Front Matter and "The Scope and Sequence of Maize Market Reform in Zimbabwe"," Food Research Institute Studies, Stanford University, Food Research Institute, vol. 22(3), pages 1-35.
  49. William A. Masters, 1993. "Ellis, Frank. Agricultural Policies in Developing Countries. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992, xv + 357 pp., $69.95, $29.95 paper," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 75(2), pages 502-503.
  50. Masters, William A. & Nuppenau, Ernst-August, 1993. "Panterritorial versus regional pricing for maize in Zimbabwe," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 21(10), pages 1647-1658, October.

Chapters

  1. William A. Masters & Amelia B. Finaret, 2024. "Introduction," Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy, in: Food Economics, chapter 0, pages 1-20, Palgrave Macmillan.
  2. William A. Masters & Amelia B. Finaret, 2024. "Social Welfare: Evaluating Change in Food Markets," Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy, in: Food Economics, chapter 0, pages 101-148, Palgrave Macmillan.
  3. William A. Masters & Amelia B. Finaret, 2024. "Market Power: Imperfect Competition and Strategic Behavior," Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy, in: Food Economics, chapter 0, pages 149-182, Palgrave Macmillan.
  4. William A. Masters & Amelia B. Finaret, 2024. "Individual Choices: Explaining Food Consumption and Production," Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy, in: Food Economics, chapter 0, pages 21-60, Palgrave Macmillan.
  5. William A. Masters & Amelia B. Finaret, 2024. "International Development: Systemic Change Over Time," Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy, in: Food Economics, chapter 0, pages 329-397, Palgrave Macmillan.
  6. William A. Masters & Amelia B. Finaret, 2024. "The Future of Food: Meeting Human Needs with Systemic Change," Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy, in: Food Economics, chapter 0, pages 441-462, Palgrave Macmillan.
  7. William A. Masters & Amelia B. Finaret, 2024. "Food in the Macroeconomy: The Whole is More Than the Sum of its Parts," Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy, in: Food Economics, chapter 0, pages 291-328, Palgrave Macmillan.
  8. William A. Masters & Amelia B. Finaret, 2024. "Collective Action: Government Policies and Programs," Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy, in: Food Economics, chapter 0, pages 183-211, Palgrave Macmillan.
  9. William A. Masters & Amelia B. Finaret, 2024. "Food and Health: Behavioral Economics and Response to Intervention," Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy, in: Food Economics, chapter 0, pages 267-290, Palgrave Macmillan.
  10. William A. Masters & Amelia B. Finaret, 2024. "From Local to Global: International Trade and Value Chains," Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy, in: Food Economics, chapter 0, pages 399-440, Palgrave Macmillan.
  11. William A. Masters & Amelia B. Finaret, 2024. "Societal Outcomes: Predicting Food Market Prices and Quantities," Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy, in: Food Economics, chapter 0, pages 61-100, Palgrave Macmillan.
  12. William A. Masters & Amelia B. Finaret, 2024. "Poverty and Risk: Variation Among People and Over Time," Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy, in: Food Economics, chapter 0, pages 213-266, Palgrave Macmillan.
  13. Headey, Derek D. & Masters, William A., 2021. "Agriculture and undernutrition," IFPRI book chapters, in: Agricultural development: New perspectives in a changing world, chapter 10, pages 321-358, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  14. Headey, Derek D. & Masters, William A., 2019. "Agriculture for nutrition: Direct and indirect effects," IFPRI book chapters, in: Agriculture for improved nutrition: Seizing the momentum, chapter 2, pages 16-26, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  15. Margaret S. McMillan & William A. Masters & Harounan Kazianga, 2014. "Demographic Pressure and Institutional Change: Village-Level Response to Rural Population Growth in Burkina Faso," NBER Chapters, in: African Successes, Volume I: Government and Institutions, pages 103-143, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  16. William A. Masters, 2003. "Climate, Agriculture, and Economic Development," Chapters, in: Keith Wiebe (ed.), Land Quality, Agricultural Productivity, and Food Security, chapter 8, pages 166-183, Edward Elgar Publishing.

Books

  1. William A. Masters & Amelia B. Finaret, 2024. "Food Economics," Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy, Palgrave Macmillan, number 978-3-031-53840-7, November.
  2. Kym Anderson & William A. Masters, 2009. "Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Africa," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 2607.

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  1. NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (31) 2000-01-24 2006-10-28 2008-11-18 2009-01-10 2009-05-16 2009-07-03 2012-01-10 2012-05-02 2013-07-20 2013-08-31 2015-04-25 2016-05-21 2016-05-28 2018-09-24 2019-08-26 2020-03-16 2020-09-14 2021-03-08 2021-11-15 2021-11-22 2022-03-07 2022-08-22 2022-09-05 2022-09-05 2022-09-05 2022-10-03 2022-11-07 2024-01-29 2024-01-29 2024-02-19 2024-10-07. Author is listed
  2. NEP-DEV: Development (14) 2000-01-24 2000-11-29 2001-02-27 2001-02-27 2012-01-10 2012-05-02 2013-07-20 2013-08-31 2016-05-28 2016-07-02 2018-09-03 2018-09-24 2018-11-12 2022-09-05. Author is listed
  3. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (10) 2008-05-17 2013-07-20 2013-08-31 2016-07-02 2016-08-07 2016-08-28 2016-12-11 2018-09-03 2018-09-24 2022-03-07. Author is listed
  4. NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (9) 2010-06-11 2010-09-03 2012-04-10 2016-07-02 2016-08-07 2016-08-28 2016-12-11 2018-02-12 2018-11-12. Author is listed
  5. NEP-AFR: Africa (7) 2008-12-14 2009-01-10 2012-01-10 2012-05-02 2013-07-20 2013-08-31 2018-09-24. Author is listed
  6. NEP-EFF: Efficiency and Productivity (3) 2008-11-18 2009-01-10 2012-06-25
  7. NEP-ENV: Environmental Economics (3) 2001-02-27 2022-09-05 2024-02-19
  8. NEP-GEO: Economic Geography (3) 2007-01-14 2009-05-16 2015-04-25
  9. NEP-GTH: Game Theory (3) 2010-09-03 2012-04-10 2018-02-12
  10. NEP-HRM: Human Capital and Human Resource Management (3) 2012-04-10 2016-07-02 2016-08-28
  11. NEP-UPT: Utility Models and Prospect Theory (3) 2012-04-10 2018-02-12 2024-01-29
  12. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (3) 2007-01-14 2009-05-16 2015-04-25
  13. NEP-ENE: Energy Economics (2) 2000-11-29 2001-02-27
  14. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic and Financial History (2) 2013-07-20 2015-04-25
  15. NEP-HME: Heterodox Microeconomics (2) 2019-01-07 2020-11-30
  16. NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages (2) 2016-12-11 2018-02-12
  17. NEP-POL: Positive Political Economics (2) 2000-01-24 2009-07-03
  18. NEP-SEA: South East Asia (2) 2006-10-28 2021-03-08
  19. NEP-SOG: Sociology of Economics (2) 2019-01-07 2020-11-30
  20. NEP-BEC: Business Economics (1) 2016-08-28
  21. NEP-CBE: Cognitive and Behavioural Economics (1) 2018-02-12
  22. NEP-CDM: Collective Decision-Making (1) 2012-04-10
  23. NEP-CSE: Economics of Strategic Management (1) 2016-08-07
  24. NEP-INT: International Trade (1) 2024-01-29
  25. NEP-IPR: Intellectual Property Rights (1) 2009-01-10
  26. NEP-MIC: Microeconomics (1) 2009-01-10
  27. NEP-MON: Monetary Economics (1) 2021-11-22
  28. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (1) 2000-01-24
  29. NEP-TRE: Transport Economics (1) 2015-04-25

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