William A. Masters
Names
first:
William
middle:
Alan
last:
Masters
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617.636.3751
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Friedman School of Nutrition
150 Harrison Ave.
Boston, MA 02111
Affiliations
Tufts University
→ Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy (weight: 95%)
website
location: Medford, Massachusetts (United States)
Tufts University
→ Department of Economics (weight: 5%)
website
location: Medford, Massachusetts (United States)
Research profile
author of:
Europe, South Africa, and Southern Africa: Regional Integration in a Global Context. by Masters, W. A. & Davies, R. & Hertel, T. W.
Ethnolinguistic Diversity, Government Expenditures and Economic Growth Across Countries by William A. Masters & Margaret S. McMillan
The Uruguay Round and Africa: A Global, General Equilibrium Analysis. by Hertel, Thomas W. & Masters, William A. & Elbehri, Aziz
Production costs and input substitution in Zimbabwe's smallholder agriculture by Dalton, Timothy J. & Masters, William A. & Foster, Kenneth A.
Returns from research in economies with policy distortions: hybrid sorghum in Sudan by Ahmed, Mohamed M. & Masters, William A. & Sanders, John H.
Panterritorial versus regional pricing for maize in Zimbabwe by Masters, William A. & Nuppenau, Ernst-August
Measuring exchange rate misalignment: Inflation differentials and domestic relative prices by Masters, William A. & Ianchovichina, Elena
A market-based approach to child nutrition: mothers' demand for quality certification of infant foods in Bamako, Mali by Sanogo, Diakalia & Masters, William A.
Technical change in Senegal's irrigated rice sector: impact assessment under uncertainty by Fisher, Monica G. & Masters, William A. & Sidibe, Mamadou
An African Growth Trap: Production Technology and the Time‐Consistency of Agricultural Taxation, R&D and Investment by Margaret S. McMillan & William A. Masters
Climate and Scale in Economic Growth. by Masters, William A. & McMillan, Margaret S.
Pasture taxes and agricultural intensification in southern Mali by Dalton, Timothy J. & A. Masters, William
The impact of agricultural research in Africa: aggregate and case study evidence by Masters, William A. & Bedingar, Touba & Oehmke, James F.
Europe, South Africa, and Southern Africa: Regional Integration in a Global Context. by Masters, W. A. & Davies, R. & Hertel, T. W.
A Political Economy Model of Agricultural Taxation, R&D, and Growth in Africa by William A. Masters & Margaret S. McMillan
Africa's Growth Trap: A Political-Economy Model of Taxation, R&D and Investment by Margaret S. McMillan & William A. Masters
Climate and Scale In Economic Growth by William A. Masters & Margaret S. McMillan
Complementarity and sequencing of innovations: new varieties and mechanized processing for cassava in West Africa by Michael Johnson & William Masters
Property rights, production technology, and deforestation: cocoa in Cameroon by Harounan Kazianga & William A. Masters
Investing in soils: field bunds and microcatchments in Burkina Faso by Kazianga, Harounan & Masters, William A.
Libéraliser l'agriculture mondiale? Théories, modèles et réalités by William Masters
Diffusion and spillover of new technology: a heterogeneous‐agent model for cassava in West Africa by Michael E. Johnson & William A. Masters & Paul V. Preckel
HOW SUCCESSFUL ARE GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS IN FOOD MARKETS? INSIGHTS FROM THE PHILIPPINE RICE MARKET by Richard Yao & Gerald Shively & William Masters
GEOGRAPHIC AND INSTITUTIONAL DETERMINANTS OF REAL INCOME:A SPATIO-TEMPORAL SIMULTANEOUS EQUATION APPROACH by Guyslain K. Ngeleza & Raymond J. G. M. Florax & William A. Masters
THE DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS ACROSS COUNTRIES AND OVER TIME by Priya Bhagowalia & Susan E. Chen & William A. Masters
SOIL DEGRADATION, TECHNICAL CHANGE AND GOVERNMENT POLICIES IN SOUTHERN MALI by Dalton, Timothy J. & Masters, William A.
Linkages between Market Participation and Productivity: Results from a Multi-Country Farm Household Sample by Rios, Ana R. & Masters, William A. & Shively, Gerald E.
THE VALUE OF QUALITY CERTIFICATION FOR INFANT FOODS: RESULTS FROM A MARKET EXPERIMENT IN MALI by Sanogo, Diakalia & Masters, William A.
INVESTING IN SOILS: FIELD BUNDS AND MICROCATCHMENTS IN BURKINA FASO by Kazianga, Harounan & Masters, William A.
Introduction to the special issue on the world food crisis by William A. Masters & Gerald E. Shively
Cartel Pricing with Entry: the Experience of the Far West Marketing Order for Spearmint by Balagtas, Joseph Valdes & Masters, William J. & Zimmer, Timothy
PROPERTY RIGHTS, PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY AND DEFORESTATION: COCOA IN WEST AFRICA by Kazianga, Harounan & Masters, William A.
TESTING THE LINK BETWEEN PUBLIC INTERVENTION AND FOOD PRICE VARIABILITY: EVIDENCE FROM RICE MARKETS IN THE PHILIPPINES by Martinez, Elmer & Shively, Gerald E. & Masters, William J.
HOW SUCCESSFUL ARE GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS IN FOOD MARKETS? INSIGHTS FROM THE PHILIPPINE RICE MARKET by Yao, Richard T. & Shively, Gerald E. & Masters, William J.
RESEARCH PRIZES: A MECHANISM TO REWARD INNOVATION IN AFRICAN AGRICULTURE by Masters, William J.
Accelerating innovation with prize rewards: History and typology of technology prizes and a new contest design for innovation in African agriculture by Masters, William A. & Delbecq, Benoit
The Distribution Of Child Nutritional Status Across Countries And Over Time by Bhagowalia, Priya & Chen, Susan E. & Masters, William A.
Geography and Economic Transition: Global Spatial Analysis at the Grid Cell Level by Motamed, Mesbah J. & Florax, Raymond J. G. M. & Masters, William J.
Agricultural Prices and Income Distribution among Farmers: A Whole-Household, Multi-Country, Multi-Year Analysis by Rios, Ana R. & Shively, Gerald E. & Masters, William A.
Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Sub-Saharan and North Africa by Anderson, Kym & Masters, William A.
Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Senegal by Masters, William A.
MEASURING PROTECTION IN AGRICULTURE: THE PRODUCER SUBSIDY EQUIVALENT REVISITED by Masters, William A.
Agricultural Price Distortion and Stabilization: Stylized facts and Hypothesis Tests by Masters, William A. & Garcia, Andres F.
Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Africa by Anderson, Kym & Masters, William A.
Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Cameroon by Bamou, Ernest & Masters, William A.
EFFECTS AND DETERMINANTS OF MILD UNDERWEIGHT AMONG PRESCHOOL CHILDREN ACROSS COUNTRIES AND OVER TIME by Priya Bhagowalia & Susan E. Chen & William A. Masters
Impact Assessment of African Agricultural Technology Development and Transfer: Synthesis of Findings and Lessons Learned by Anandajayasekeram, Ponniah & Masters, William A. & Oehmke, James F.
How Far Has Africa Come in Reducing its Anti-agricultural Policy Bias? by Kym Anderson & William A. Masters & Marianne Kurzweil & Ernesto Valenzuela
Entry into Winner-Take-All and Proportional-Prize Contests: An Experimental Study by Timothy N. Cason & William A. Masters & Roman M. Sheremeta
Climate and scale in economic growth. by Margaret S. McMillan & William A. Masters
Africa's growth trap: a political-economy model of taxation, R&D and investment. by Margaret S. McMillan & William A. Masters
ENTRY INTO WINNER-TAKE-ALL AND PROPORTIONAL-PRIZE CONTESTS:AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY by Timothy N. Cason & William A. Masters & Roman M. Sheremeta
Effects and determinants of mild underweight among preschool children across countries and over time by Bhagowalia, Priya & Chen, Susan E. & Masters, William A.
Entry into winner-take-all and proportional-prize contests: An experimental study by Cason, Timothy N. & Masters, William A. & Sheremeta, Roman M.
Child Undernutrition, Household Poverty and National Income in Developing Countries: Quantile Regression Results by Block, Steven A. & Masters, William A. & Bhagowalia, Priya
Welfare Gains from Quality Certification of Infant Foods: Results from a Market Experiment in Mali by William A. Masters & Diakalia Sanogo
A Spatial Analysis of Maize Marketing Policy Reforms in Zambia by William A. Masters & Paul V. Preckel
SPATIAL INEQUALITY: OVERCOMING NEIGHBORHOOD EFFECTS IN AFRICA by NGELEZA, Guyslain K. & FLORAX, Raymond J. G. M. & MASTERS, William A.
Rural Demography, Public Services and Land Rights in Africa: A Village-Level Analysis in Burkina Faso by Margaret S. McMillan & William A. Masters & Harounan Kazianga
Understanding the Political Economy of Agriculture in the Tropics by Margaret S. McMillan & William A. Masters
Farm Productivity and Household Market Participation: Evidence from LSMS Data by Rios, Ana R. & Shively, Gerald E. & Masters, William A.
Rural demography, public services, and land rights in Africa: A village-level analysis in Burkina Faso by McMillan, Margaret & Masters, William A. & Kazianga, Harounan
Collier, Paul The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It by William A. Masters
Winner-Take-All and Proportional-Prize Contests: Theory and Experimental Results. by Roman M. Sheremeta & William A. Masters & Timothy N. Cason
Welfare gains from quality certification of infant foods: Results from a market experiment in mali by William Masters & Diakalia Sanogo
Front Matter and "The Scope and Sequence of Maize Market Reform in Zimbabwe" by Masters, William A. & Pearson, Scott R.
Borders and Barriers: Spatial Analysis of Agricultural Output Spillovers at the Grid Cell Level by Motamed, Mesbah J. & Florax, Raymond J. G. M. & Masters, William A.
The role of leadership in democratic deliberations: Results from a field experiment in sao tome and principe by Macartan Humphreys & William Masters & Martin Sandbu
Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Africa by Kym Anderson & William A. Masters
Disease Control, Demographic Change and Institutional Development in Africa by Margaret S. McMillan & William A. Masters & Harounan Kazianga
Does Child Undernutrition Persist Despite Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries? Quantile Regression Results by Steven A. Block & William A. Masters & Priya Bhagowalia
Disease Control, Demographic Change and Institutional Development in Africa by Margaret S. McMillan & William A. Masters & Harounan Kazianga
Improving child nutrition through quality certification of infant foods: policy implications of a scoping study in Ghana by Masters, William A. & Kuwornu, John & Sarpong, Daniel
Entry into Winner-Take-All and Proportional-Prize Contests: An Experimental Study by Cason, Timothy & Masters, William & Sheremeta, Roman
Improving child nutrition through quality certification of infant foods: scoping study from a randomized trial in Ghana by Masters, William A. & Kuwornu, John & Sarpong, Daniel
Measuring the impacts of Malawi’s farm input subsidy programme by Chibwana, Christopher & Shively, Gerald & Fisher, Monica & Jumbe, Charles & Masters, William A.
Disease control, demographic change and institutional development in Africa by Kazianga, Harounan & Masters, William A. & McMillan, Margaret S.
Contests with Random Noise and a Shared Prize by Sheremeta, Roman & Masters, William & Cason, Timothy
Demographic Pressure and Institutional Change: Village-Level Response to Rural Population Growth in Burkina Faso by Margaret S. McMillan & William A. Masters & Harounan Kazianga edited by
Agriculture, transportation and the timing of urbanization: Global analysis at the grid cell level by Mesbah Motamed & Raymond Florax & William Masters
Regionalism in World Food Markets: Implications for Trade and Welfare by Hertel, Thomas W. & Masters, William A. & Gehlhar, Mark J.
Evaluating the Economic Efficiency of Agricultural Activities in Developing Countries: Domestic Resource Costs and the Social Cost-Benefit Ration by Masters, William A. & Winter-Nelson, Alex
Market access and child nutrition in a conflict environment by Darrouzet-Nardi, Amelia & Masters, William A.
How Successful Are Government Interventions in Food Markets? Insights from the Philippine Rice Market by Shively, Gerald & Yao, Richard T. & Masters, William A.
Agriculture, Transportation and the Timing of Urbanization: Global Analysis at the Grid Cell Level by Mesbah J. Motamed & Raymond J. G. M. Florax & William A. Masters
Measuring the Comparative Advantage of Agricultural Activities: Domestic Resource Costs and the Social Cost-Benefit Ratio by William A. Masters & Alex Winter-Nelson
Ellis, Frank. Agricultural Policies in Developing Countries. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992, xv + 357 pp., $69.95, $29.95 paper by William A. Masters
Nutrition smoothing: Can access to towns and cities protect children against poor health conditions at birth? by Darrouzet-Nardi, Amelia & Masters, William
Impact of caregiver incentives on child health: Evidence from an experiment with Anganwadi workers in India by William A. Masters & Prakarsh Singh
Climatic conditions and child height: Sex-specific vulnerability and the protective effects of sanitation and food markets in Nepal. by Steven A. Block & William A. Masters & Prajula Mulmi & Gerald E. Shively
Climatic conditions and child height: Sex-specific vulnerability and the protective effects of sanitation and food markets in Nepal by Block, Steven & Masters, William & Mulmi, Prajula & Shively, Gerald
Impact of Caregiver Incentives on Child Health: Evidence from an Experiment with Anganwadi Workers in India by Singh, Prakarsh & Masters, William A.
Impact of caregiver incentives on child health: evidence from an experiment with Anganwadi workers in India by Prakarsh Singh & William A. Masters
Impact of Caregiver Incentives on Child Health: Evidence from an Experiment with Anganwadi Workers in India by William A. Masters & Prakarsh Singh
Behavior Change for Early Childhood Nutrition: Effectiveness of Health Worker Training Depends on Maternal Information in a Randomized Control Trial by Singh, Prakarsh & Masters, William A.
Climatic conditions and child height: Sex-specific vulnerability and the protective effects of sanitation and food markets in Nepal by Mulmi, Prajula & Block, Steven A. & Shively, Gerald E. & Masters, William A.
Misreporting month of birth: Implications for nutrition research by Larsen, Anna Folke & Headey, Derek D. & Masters, William A.
Impact of caregiver incentives on child health: Evidence from an experiment with Anganwadi workers in India by Singh, Prakarsh & Masters, William A.
Climate and Scale in Economic Growth by William A. Masters & Margaret S. McMillan
Africa's Growth Trap: A Political-Economy Model of Taxation, R&D and Investment by Margaret S. McMillan & William A. Masters
Winner-Take-All and Proportional-Prize Contests: Theory and Experimental Results by Cason, Timothy & Masters, William & Sheremeta, Roman
Misreporting Month of Birth: Implications for nutrition research by Anna Folke Larsen & Derek Headey & William A. Masters
The nutrition transition and agricultural transformation: a Preston curve approach by William A. Masters & Anaya Hall & Elena M. Martinez & Peilin Shi & Gitanjali Singh & Patrick Webb & Dariush Mozaffarian
Seasonality in the cost of nutritious diets by region in Tanzania by Bai, Yan & Masters, William A.
Measuring Access to Nutritious Diets in Africa: Novel Price Indexes for Diet Diversity and the Cost of Nutrient Adequacy by Masters, William A. & Bai, Yan & Herforth, Anna & Sarpong, Daniel & Mishili, Fulgence & Kinabo, Joyce & Coates, Jennifer C.
Misreporting Month of Birth: Implications for Research on Nutrition and Early Childhood in Low-Income Countries by Larsen, Anna F. & Headey, Derek & Masters, William A.
THE DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS ACROSS COUNTRIES AND OVER TIME by Bhagowalia, Priya & Chen, Susan E. & Masters, William A.
GEOGRAPHIC AND INSTITUTIONAL DETERMINANTS OF REAL INCOME: A SPATIO-TEMPORAL SIMULTANEOUS EQUATION APPROACH by Ngeleza, Guyslain K. & Florax, Raymond J. G. M. & Masters, William A.
Agricultural Transformation, Nutrition Transition and Food Policy in Africa: Preston Curves Reveal New Stylised Facts by William A. Masters & Nathaniel Z. Rosenblum & Robel G. Alemu
HOW SUCCESSFUL ARE GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS IN FOOD MARKETS? INSIGHTS FROM THE PHILIPPINE RICE MARKET by Yao, Richard T. & Shively, Gerald E. & Masters, William A.
Farm production, child dietary intake and household wealth: Results from a nationally-representative survey in Nepal by Mulmi, Prajula & Masters, William A. & Block, Steven A. & Webb, Patrick
Willingness to Pay for Hermetic Grain Storage Bags in Malawi by Masters, W. A. & Alvarez, G. Guevara
Performance bonuses for public services: Winner-take-all prizes versus proportional payments to reduce child malnutrition in India by Masters, W. A. & Singh, P.
Orange Fanta vs orange fruit: A novel measure of nutrition knowledge and women’s diet quality in Malawi by Schneider, K. & Masters, W. A.
Why are nutritious foods so expensive? Economic development and the cost of nutritious diets by Alemu, Robel & Block, Steven A. & Headey, Derek & Bai, Yan & Masters, William A.
Beyond the IRB: Towards a typology of research ethics in applied economics by Michler, Jeffrey D. & Masters, William A. & Josephson, Anna
EFFECTS AND DETERMINANTS OF MILD UNDERWEIGHT AMONG PRESCHOOL CHILDREN ACROSS COUNTRIES AND OVER TIME by Bhagowalia, Priya & Chen, Susan E. & Masters, William J.
Misreporting Month of Birth: Diagnosis and Implications for Research on Nutrition and Early Childhood in Developing Countries by Anna Folke Larsen & Derek Headey & William A. Masters
Agriculture for nutrition: Direct and indirect effects by Headey, Derek D. & Masters, William A. edited by
Advancing the use of household surveys for nutrition: Nutrient adequacy at the household level and the cost of nutritious diets in Malawi by Schneider, Kate & Masters, William A.
Do remote rural people pay higher prices for more nutritious foods? Evidence from 130,975 price observations at rural markets in Malawi, 2007-2017 by Kaiyatsa, Stevier & Masters, William A. & Bai, Yan & Schneider, Kate & Herforth, Anna
Measuring Resilience: A Triple-Difference Approach by Zaharia, Sonia & Masters, William A. & Ghosh, Shibani & Shively, Gerald E. & Heneveld, Katherine M. & Liang, Lichen & Gurung, Sabi & Shrestha, Robin & Thorne-Lyman, Andrew & Webb, Patrick
Do remote rural people pay higher prices for more nutritious foods? Evidence from 130,975 price observations at rural markets in Malawi, 2007-2017 by Kaiyatsa, Stevier & Bai, Yan & Schneider, Kate & Herforth, Anna & Masters, William A.
Measuring the Affordability of Nutritious Diets in Africa: Price Indexes for Diet Diversity and the Cost of Nutrient Adequacy by William A. Masters & Yan Bai & Anna Herforth & Daniel B. Sarpong & Fulgence Mishili & Joyce Kinabo & Jennifer C. Coates
Book reviews by William A. Masters
Pasture taxes and agricultural intensification in southern Mali by Timothy J. Dalton & William A. Masters
Nutrient and mycotoxin content of commercially-sold premixed infant cereals in Malawi by Gilbert, Rachel & Subedi, Binita & Wallingford, Jessica & Wilson, Norbert & Masters, William A.
Returns from research in economies with policy distortions: hybrid sorghum in Sudan by Mohamed M. Ahmed & William A. Masters & John H. Sanders
First foods: Diet quality among infants aged 6–23 months in 42 countries by Choudhury, Samira & Headey, Derek D. & Masters, William A.
Nutrient and mycotoxin content of commercially-sold premixed infant cereals in Malawi by Gilbert, Rachel & Subedi, Binita & Wallingford, Jessica & Wilson, Norbert & Masters, William A.
Production costs and input substitution in Zimbabwe's smallholder agriculture by Timothy J. Dalton & William A. Masters & Kenneth A. Foster
The impact of agricultural research in Africa: aggregate and case study evidence by William A. Masters & Touba Bedingar & James F. Oehmke
Nutrition Smoothing: Can Proximity to Towns and Cities Protect Rural Children against Seasonal Variation in Agroclimatic Conditions at Birth? by Amelia F. Darrouzet-Nardi & William A. Masters
Agriculture and undernutrition through the lens of economics: by Headey, Derek D. & Masters, William A.
Research Ethics Beyond the IRB: Selection Bias and the Direction of Innovation in Applied Economics by Michler, Jeffrey D. & Masters, William A. & Josephson, Anna
Can shorter mothers have taller children? Nutritional mobility, health equity and the intergenerational transmission of relative height by Finaret, Amelia B. & Masters, William A.
Performance bonuses in the public sector: Winner-take-all prizes versus proportional payments to reduce child malnutrition in India by Singh, Prakarsh & Masters, William A.
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 by Schneider, Kate & Masters, William & Webb, Patrick & Christiaensen, Luc
Winner-take-all and proportional-prize contests: Theory and experimental results by Cason, Timothy N. & Masters, William A. & Sheremeta, Roman M.
Can shorter mothers have taller children? Nutritional mobility, health equity, and the intergenerational transmission of relative height. by Finaret, Amelia B. & Masters, William A.