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Homepage:	http://sites.tufts.edu/willmasters
Phone:	617.636.3751
Postal address:	Friedman School of Nutrition 150 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA 02111
Workplace:	Department of Economics, Tufts University, (more information at EDIRC) Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2024

1. Environmental impacts, nutritional profiles, and retail prices of commonly sold retail food items in 181 countries: an observational study
   Papers, arXiv.org
2. Global analysis reveals persistent shortfalls and regional differences in availability of foods needed for health
   Papers, arXiv.org
3. 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, International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE)

2023

4. Least-cost diets to teach optimization and consumer behavior, with applications to health equity, poverty measurement and international development
   Papers, arXiv.org

2022

5. Assessing the Affordability of Nutrient-Adequate Diets
   Papers, arXiv.org
   Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2021)
   See also Journal Article Assessing the affordability of nutrient‐adequate diets, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons (2023) (2023)
6. 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, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA) View citations (5)
7. The economics of malnutrition: Dietary transition and food system transformation
   Papers, arXiv.org View citations (7)

2021

8. Availability, Seasonality, and Affordability of Nutritious Diets for All – Evidence from Malawi
   2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual, International Association of Agricultural Economists
9. 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, International Association of Agricultural Economists
10. 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, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
11. 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, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2020

12. 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, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Can shorter mothers have taller children? Nutritional mobility, health equity and the intergenerational transmission of relative height, Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier (2020) View citations (2) (2020)
13. Cost and affordability of healthy diets across and within countries
    FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Study, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA) View citations (19)
14. Research Ethics Beyond the IRB: Selection Bias and the Direction of Innovation in Applied Economics
    MetaArXiv, Center for Open Science View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Research ethics beyond the IRB: Selection bias and the direction of innovation in applied economics, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons (2021) View citations (2) (2021)
15. 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, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2019

16. 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, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
17. Agriculture and undernutrition through the lens of economics
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)
18. 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, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE) View citations (3)
    Also in 2019 Annual Meeting, July 21-23, Atlanta, Georgia, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2019) View citations (3)
19. Measuring Resilience: A Triple-Difference Approach
    2019 Annual Meeting, July 21-23, Atlanta, Georgia, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
20. Nutrient and mycotoxin content of commercially-sold premixed infant cereals in Malawi
    MaSSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2018

21. 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, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
22. 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, International Association of Agricultural Economists
23. 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, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (4)
24. Seasonality in the cost of nutritious diets by region in Tanzania
    2018 Annual Meeting, August 5-7, Washington, D.C., Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
25. 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, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
26. Willingness to Pay for Hermetic Grain Storage Bags in Malawi
    2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (1)
27. Winner-Take-All and Proportional-Prize Contests: Theory and Experimental Results
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (25)
    Also in Working Papers, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute (2012) View citations (45)
    See also Journal Article Winner-take-all and proportional-prize contests: Theory and experimental results, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2020) View citations (26) (2020)

2017

28. 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, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
29. 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, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
30. 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, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
31. Misreporting Month of Birth: Implications for nutrition research
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (5)
    Also in IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2017) View citations (4)

2016

32. Behavior Change for Early Childhood Nutrition: Effectiveness of Health Worker Training Depends on Maternal Information in a Randomized Control Trial
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
33. 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, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (28)
    Also in Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2016) View citations (28)
    See also Journal Article Climatic conditions and child height: Sex-specific vulnerability and the protective effects of sanitation and food markets in Nepal, Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier (2016) View citations (28) (2016)
34. Impact of Caregiver Incentives on Child Health: Evidence from an Experiment with Anganwadi Workers in India
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (5)
    Also in Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2016) View citations (5)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2016) View citations (5)
    NCID Working Papers, Navarra Center for International Development, University of Navarra (2016) View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Impact of caregiver incentives on child health: Evidence from an experiment with Anganwadi workers in India, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2017) View citations (9) (2017)

2015

35. Nutrition smoothing: Can access to towns and cities protect children against poor health conditions at birth?
    2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (1)

2014

36. Agriculture, Transportation and the Timing of Urbanization: Global Analysis at the Grid Cell Level
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (37)
    See also Journal Article Agriculture, transportation and the timing of urbanization: Global analysis at the grid cell level, Journal of Economic Growth, Springer (2014) View citations (35) (2014)
37. Market access and child nutrition in a conflict environment
    2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2013

38. Disease Control, Demographic Change and Institutional Development in Africa
    Economics Working Paper Series, Oklahoma State University, Department of Economics and Legal Studies in Business View citations (2)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Disease control, demographic change and institutional development in Africa, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2014) View citations (5) (2014)

2012

39. Borders and Barriers: Spatial Analysis of Agricultural Output Spillovers at the Grid Cell Level
    2012 Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012, Seattle, Washington, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
40. Rural demography, public services, and land rights in Africa: A village-level analysis in Burkina Faso
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (8)

2011

41. Improving child nutrition through quality certification of infant foods: policy implications of a scoping study in Ghana
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
42. Improving child nutrition through quality certification of infant foods: scoping study from a randomized trial in Ghana
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library

2010

43. Child Undernutrition, Household Poverty and National Income in Developing Countries: Quantile Regression Results
    2010 Annual Meeting, July 25-27, 2010, Denver, Colorado, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
44. ENTRY INTO WINNER-TAKE-ALL AND PROPORTIONAL-PRIZE CONTESTS:AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY
    Purdue University Economics Working Papers, Purdue University, Department of Economics View citations (210)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2010) View citations (214)
    Working Papers, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute (2010) View citations (224)
    See also Journal Article Entry into winner-take-all and proportional-prize contests: An experimental study, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2010) View citations (210) (2010)

2009

45. Agricultural Price Distortion and Stabilization: Stylized facts and Hypothesis Tests
    Agricultural Distortions Working Paper Series, World Bank View citations (2)
46. Agricultural Prices and Income Distribution among Farmers: A Whole-Household, Multi-Country, Multi-Year Analysis
    2009 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, 2009, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (3)
47. Contests with Random Noise and a Shared Prize
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)
48. EFFECTS AND DETERMINANTS OF MILD UNDERWEIGHT AMONG PRESCHOOL CHILDREN ACROSS COUNTRIES AND OVER TIME
    Working Papers, Purdue University, College of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics
    Also in Working papers, Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Economics (2009)
    See also Journal Article Effects and determinants of mild underweight among preschool children across countries and over time, Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier (2011) View citations (7) (2011)
49. Farm Productivity and Household Market Participation: Evidence from LSMS Data
    2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (20)
50. Geography and Economic Transition: Global Spatial Analysis at the Grid Cell Level
    2009 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, 2009, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (1)
51. How Far Has Africa Come in Reducing its Anti-agricultural Policy Bias?
    School of Economics and Public Policy Working Papers, University of Adelaide, School of Economics and Public Policy
52. The Political Economy of Agricultural Policy: Global Trends and Future Prospects
    Conference papers, Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project

2008

53. Accelerating innovation with prize rewards: History and typology of technology prizes and a new contest design for innovation in African agriculture
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (10)
54. Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Sub-Saharan and North Africa
    Agricultural Distortions Working Paper Series, World Bank View citations (4)
55. Linkages between Market Participation and Productivity: Results from a Multi-Country Farm Household Sample
    2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (19)
56. THE DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS ACROSS COUNTRIES AND OVER TIME
    Working papers, Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Economics View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, Purdue University, College of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics (2008) View citations (1)
    2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) (2008) View citations (2)

2007

57. Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Africa
    Agricultural Distortions Working Paper Series, World Bank View citations (42)
    See also Book Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Africa, World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group (2009) View citations (120) (2009)
58. Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Cameroon
    Agricultural Distortions Working Paper Series, World Bank View citations (9)
59. Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Senegal
    Agricultural Distortions Working Paper Series, World Bank View citations (9)

2006

60. GEOGRAPHIC AND INSTITUTIONAL DETERMINANTS OF REAL INCOME: A SPATIO-TEMPORAL SIMULTANEOUS EQUATION APPROACH
    Staff Papers, Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Economics View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, Purdue University, College of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics (2006) View citations (1)
61. The role of leadership in democratic deliberations: Results from a field experiment in sao tome and principe
    Natural Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website View citations (17)

2005

62. Cartel Pricing with Entry: the Experience of the Far West Marketing Order for Spearmint
    2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
63. HOW SUCCESSFUL ARE GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS IN FOOD MARKETS? INSIGHTS FROM THE PHILIPPINE RICE MARKET
    2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, Purdue University, College of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics (2005) View citations (2)
    Staff Papers, Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Economics (2005) View citations (1)

2003

64. RESEARCH PRIZES: A MECHANISM TO REWARD INNOVATION IN AFRICAN AGRICULTURE
    2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (11)

2002

65. PROPERTY RIGHTS, PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY AND DEFORESTATION: COCOA IN WEST AFRICA
    2002 Annual meeting, July 28-31, Long Beach, CA, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)
66. THE VALUE OF QUALITY CERTIFICATION FOR INFANT FOODS: RESULTS FROM A MARKET EXPERIMENT IN MALI
    2002 Annual meeting, July 28-31, Long Beach, CA, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (31)
67. Welfare gains from quality certification of infant foods: Results from a market experiment in mali
    Framed Field Experiments, The Field Experiments Website View citations (31)
    See also Journal Article 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 (2002) View citations (32) (2002)

2001

68. INVESTING IN SOILS: FIELD BUNDS AND MICROCATCHMENTS IN BURKINA FASO
    2001 Annual meeting, August 5-8, Chicago, IL, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Investing in soils: field bunds and microcatchments in Burkina Faso, Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press (2002) View citations (21) (2002)

2000

69. Africa's Growth Trap: A Political-Economy Model of Taxation, R&D and Investment
    CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University View citations (2)
    Also in CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2000) View citations (2)
    CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2000) View citations (4)
70. Climate and Scale In Economic Growth
    CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University View citations (31)
    Also in CSAE Working Paper Series, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford (2000) View citations (23)
    CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (2000) View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article Climate and Scale in Economic Growth, Journal of Economic Growth, Springer (2001) View citations (190) (2001)

1999

71. A Political Economy Model of Agricultural Taxation, R&D, and Growth in Africa
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (2)
72. Ethnolinguistic Diversity, Government Expenditures and Economic Growth Across Countries
    Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (3)
73. Europe, South Africa, and Southern Africa: Regional Integration in a Global Context
    Working Papers, Bell Communications - Economic Research Group View citations (3)
    Also in Equity and Growth through Economic Research, EAGER Publication/BHM (1999) View citations (3)

1998

74. 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, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (6)

1997

75. 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, International Association of Agricultural Economists
76. Impact Assessment of African Agricultural Technology Development and Transfer: Synthesis of Findings and Lessons Learned
    Food Security International Development Policy Syntheses, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics
77. Regionalism in World Food Markets: Implications for Trade and Welfare
    1997 Conference, August 10-16, 1997, Sacramento, California, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (2)
78. SOIL DEGRADATION, TECHNICAL CHANGE AND GOVERNMENT POLICIES IN SOUTHERN MALI
    1997 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Toronto, Canada, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) View citations (4)

1993

79. MEASURING PROTECTION IN AGRICULTURE: THE PRODUCER SUBSIDY EQUIVALENT REVISITED
    Working Papers, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium View citations (3)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Trade policy reform, retail food prices and access to healthy diets worldwide
   World Development, 2024, 177, (C)

2023

2. Assessing the affordability of nutrient‐adequate diets
   American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2023, 105, (2), 503-524
   See also Working Paper Assessing the Affordability of Nutrient-Adequate Diets, Papers (2022) (2022)

2021

3. Cost and affordability of nutritious diets at retail prices: Evidence from 177 countries
   Food Policy, 2021, 99, (C) View citations (18)
4. Research ethics beyond the IRB: Selection bias and the direction of innovation in applied economics
   Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2021, 43, (4), 1352-1365 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Research Ethics Beyond the IRB: Selection Bias and the Direction of Innovation in Applied Economics, MetaArXiv (2020) View citations (1) (2020)
5. Review: Retail consumer price data reveal gaps and opportunities to monitor food systems for nutrition
   Food Policy, 2021, 104, (C) View citations (4)
6. William A. Masters
   American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2021, 103, (2), 399-400 View citations (2)

2020

7. Can shorter mothers have taller children? Nutritional mobility, health equity and the intergenerational transmission of relative height
   Economics & Human Biology, 2020, 39, (C) View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper 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 (2020) View citations (2) (2020)
8. Performance bonuses in the public sector: Winner-take-all prizes versus proportional payments to reduce child malnutrition in India
   Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 146, (C) View citations (2)
9. Winner-take-all and proportional-prize contests: Theory and experimental results
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 175, (C), 314-327 View citations (26)
   See also Working Paper Winner-Take-All and Proportional-Prize Contests: Theory and Experimental Results, MPRA Paper (2018) View citations (25) (2018)

2019

10. Beyond Calories: The New Economics of Nutrition
    Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2019, 11, (1), 237-259 View citations (11)
11. First foods: Diet quality among infants aged 6–23 months in 42 countries
    Food Policy, 2019, 88, (C) View citations (7)
12. Misreporting Month of Birth: Diagnosis and Implications for Research on Nutrition and Early Childhood in Developing Countries
    Demography, 2019, 56, (2), 707-728 View citations (16)

2018

13. Agricultural Transformation, Nutrition Transition and Food Policy in Africa: Preston Curves Reveal New Stylised Facts
    Journal of Development Studies, 2018, 54, (5), 788-802 View citations (13)
14. Measuring the Affordability of Nutritious Diets in Africa: Price Indexes for Diet Diversity and the Cost of Nutrient Adequacy
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2018, 100, (5), 1285-1301 View citations (20)

2017

15. Impact of caregiver incentives on child health: Evidence from an experiment with Anganwadi workers in India
    Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 55, (C), 219-231 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper Impact of Caregiver Incentives on Child Health: Evidence from an Experiment with Anganwadi Workers in India, Working Papers (2016) View citations (5) (2016)
16. Nutrition Smoothing: Can Proximity to Towns and Cities Protect Rural Children against Seasonal Variation in Agroclimatic Conditions at Birth?
    PLOS ONE, 2017, 12, (1), 1-21

2016

17. Climatic conditions and child height: Sex-specific vulnerability and the protective effects of sanitation and food markets in Nepal
    Economics & Human Biology, 2016, 23, (C), 63-75 View citations (28)
    See also Working Paper 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 (2016) View citations (28) (2016)
18. The nutrition transition and agricultural transformation: a Preston curve approach
    Agricultural Economics, 2016, 47, (S1), 97-114 View citations (12)

2014

19. Agriculture, transportation and the timing of urbanization: Global analysis at the grid cell level
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2014, 19, (3), 339-368 View citations (35)
    See also Working Paper Agriculture, Transportation and the Timing of Urbanization: Global Analysis at the Grid Cell Level, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers (2014) View citations (37) (2014)
20. Disease control, demographic change and institutional development in Africa
    Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 110, (C), 313-326 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Disease Control, Demographic Change and Institutional Development in Africa, Economics Working Paper Series (2013) View citations (2) (2013)
21. Measuring the impacts of Malawi’s farm input subsidy programme
    African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2014, 09, (2), 16 View citations (50)

2012

22. Does Child Undernutrition Persist Despite Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries? Quantile Regression Results
    Journal of Development Studies, 2012, 48, (12), 1699-1715 View citations (8)

2011

23. Effects and determinants of mild underweight among preschool children across countries and over time
    Economics & Human Biology, 2011, 9, (1), 66-77 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper EFFECTS AND DETERMINANTS OF MILD UNDERWEIGHT AMONG PRESCHOOL CHILDREN ACROSS COUNTRIES AND OVER TIME, Working Papers (2009) (2009)
24. SPATIAL INEQUALITY: OVERCOMING NEIGHBORHOOD EFFECTS IN AFRICA
    Applied Econometrics and International Development, 2011, 11, (2) View citations (1)

2010

25. Entry into winner-take-all and proportional-prize contests: An experimental study
    Journal of Public Economics, 2010, 94, (9-10), 604-611 View citations (210)
    See also Working Paper ENTRY INTO WINNER-TAKE-ALL AND PROPORTIONAL-PRIZE CONTESTS:AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY, Purdue University Economics Working Papers (2010) View citations (210) (2010)

2009

26. Collier, Paul The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2009, 91, (4), 1157-1159

2008

27. Introduction to the special issue on the world food crisis
    Agricultural Economics, 2008, 39, (s1), 373-374 View citations (9)

2006

28. Diffusion and spillover of new technology: a heterogeneous‐agent model for cassava in West Africa
    Agricultural Economics, 2006, 35, (2), 119-129 View citations (17)
29. Libéraliser l'agriculture mondiale? Théories, modèles et réalités
    European Review of Agricultural Economics, 2006, 33, (3), 441-443
30. Property rights, production technology, and deforestation: cocoa in Cameroon
    Agricultural Economics, 2006, 35, (1), 19-26 View citations (14)

2005

31. Book reviews
    Agricultural Economics, 2005, 33, (s3), 535-536

2004

32. Complementarity and sequencing of innovations: new varieties and mechanized processing for cassava in West Africa
    Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2004, 13, (1), 19-31 View citations (2)

2003

33. An African Growth Trap: Production Technology and the Time‐Consistency of Agricultural Taxation, R&D and Investment
    Review of Development Economics, 2003, 7, (2), 179-191 View citations (6)

2002

34. A market-based approach to child nutrition: mothers' demand for quality certification of infant foods in Bamako, Mali
    Food Policy, 2002, 27, (3), 251-268 View citations (12)
35. Investing in soils: field bunds and microcatchments in Burkina Faso
    Environment and Development Economics, 2002, 7, (3), 571-591 View citations (21)
    See also Working Paper INVESTING IN SOILS: FIELD BUNDS AND MICROCATCHMENTS IN BURKINA FASO, 2001 Annual meeting, August 5-8, Chicago, IL (2001) View citations (7) (2001)
36. Welfare Gains from Quality Certification of Infant Foods: Results from a Market Experiment in Mali
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2002, 84, (4), 974-989 View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper Welfare gains from quality certification of infant foods: Results from a market experiment in mali, Framed Field Experiments (2002) View citations (31) (2002)

2001

37. Climate and Scale in Economic Growth
    Journal of Economic Growth, 2001, 6, (3), 167-86 View citations (190)
    See also Working Paper Climate and Scale In Economic Growth, CID Working Papers (2000) View citations (31) (2000)

2000

38. Technical change in Senegal's irrigated rice sector: impact assessment under uncertainty
    Agricultural Economics, 2000, 24, (2), 179-197 View citations (1)
39. Understanding the Political Economy of Agriculture in the Tropics
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2000, 82, (3), 738-742 View citations (3)

1998

40. Measuring exchange rate misalignment: Inflation differentials and domestic relative prices
    World Development, 1998, 26, (3), 465-477 View citations (5)
41. Pasture taxes and agricultural intensification in southern Mali
    Agricultural Economics, 1998, 19, (1-2), 27-32 View citations (3)
    Also in Agricultural Economics, 1998, 19, (1-2), 27-32 (1998) View citations (3)
42. The Uruguay Round and Africa: A Global, General Equilibrium Analysis
    Journal of African Economies, 1998, 7, (2), 208-36 View citations (16)
43. The impact of agricultural research in Africa: aggregate and case study evidence
    Agricultural Economics, 1998, 19, (1-2), 81-86 View citations (21)
    Also in Agricultural Economics, 1998, 19, (1-2), 81-86 (1998) View citations (28)

1997

44. A Spatial Analysis of Maize Marketing Policy Reforms in Zambia
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1997, 79, (2), 514-523 View citations (15)
45. Production costs and input substitution in Zimbabwe's smallholder agriculture
    Agricultural Economics, 1997, 17, (2-3), 201-209 View citations (6)
    Also in Agricultural Economics, 1997, 17, (2-3), 201-209 (1997) View citations (10)

1995

46. Measuring the Comparative Advantage of Agricultural Activities: Domestic Resource Costs and the Social Cost-Benefit Ratio
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1995, 77, (2), 243-250 View citations (33)
47. Returns from research in economies with policy distortions: hybrid sorghum in Sudan
    Agricultural Economics, 1995, 12, (2), 183-192 View citations (5)
    Also in Agricultural Economics, 1995, 12, (2), 183-192 (1995) View citations (4)

1993

48. 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, 1993, 75, (2), 502-503
49. Front Matter and "The Scope and Sequence of Maize Market Reform in Zimbabwe"
    Food Research Institute Studies, 1993, 22, (3), 35 View citations (1)
50. Panterritorial versus regional pricing for maize in Zimbabwe
    World Development, 1993, 21, (10), 1647-1658 View citations (7)

Books

2024

1. Food Economics
   Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy, Palgrave Macmillan

2009

2. Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Africa
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (120)
   See also Working Paper Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Africa, Agricultural Distortions Working Paper Series, World Bank (2007) View citations (42) (2007)

Chapters

2024

1. Collective Action: Government Policies and Programs
   Palgrave Macmillan
2. Food and Health: Behavioral Economics and Response to Intervention
   Palgrave Macmillan
3. Food in the Macroeconomy: The Whole is More Than the Sum of its Parts
   Palgrave Macmillan
4. From Local to Global: International Trade and Value Chains
   Palgrave Macmillan
5. Individual Choices: Explaining Food Consumption and Production
   Palgrave Macmillan
6. International Development: Systemic Change Over Time
   Palgrave Macmillan
7. Introduction
   Palgrave Macmillan
8. Market Power: Imperfect Competition and Strategic Behavior
   Palgrave Macmillan
9. Poverty and Risk: Variation Among People and Over Time
   Palgrave Macmillan
10. Social Welfare: Evaluating Change in Food Markets
    Palgrave Macmillan
11. Societal Outcomes: Predicting Food Market Prices and Quantities
    Palgrave Macmillan
12. The Future of Food: Meeting Human Needs with Systemic Change
    Palgrave Macmillan

2021

13. Agriculture and undernutrition
    Chapter 10 in Agricultural development: New perspectives in a changing world, 2021, pp 321-358 View citations (4)

2019

14. Agriculture for nutrition: Direct and indirect effects
    Chapter 2 in Agriculture for improved nutrition: Seizing the momentum, 2019, pp 16-26 View citations (2)

2014

15. Demographic Pressure and Institutional Change: Village-Level Response to Rural Population Growth in Burkina Faso
    A chapter in African Successes, Volume I: Government and Institutions, 2014, pp 103-143

2003

16. Climate, Agriculture, and Economic Development
    Chapter 8 in Land Quality, Agricultural Productivity, and Food Security, 2003, pp 166-183