William A. Masters, Benoit Delbecq, William A. Masters, Benoit Delbecq
agricultural research centers that receive principal funding from governments, private foundations, and international and regional organizations, most of which are members of the Consultative Group...
Humphreys, Macartan., Masters, William A., Sandbu, Martin E.
World Politics - Volume 58, Number 4, July 2006
Yao, Richard, Shively, Gerald, Masters, William A.
This paper investigates the Philippine government's price stabilization policy for rice. Seemingly unrelated regressions are used to examine the effectiveness of the program at regional and national...
DETERMINANTS OF REAL INCOME: A SPATIO-TEMPORAL SIMULTANEOUS EQUATION APPROACH (2006)
Guyslain K. Ngeleza, William A. Masters, Guyslain K. Ngeleza, William A. Masters
(USDA/ERS) and the Purdue Research Foundation (PRF) for financial support. We also appreciate comments and suggestions of participants of the International Workshop on Spatial Econometrics and...
Research prizes: a new kind of incentive for innovation in African agriculture (2005)
This paper identifies market failures that limit agricultural R&D for Africa and other resource-poor environments, and proposes a way to complement existing institutions with cash prizes for the...
Research prizes: a new kind of incentive for innovation in African agriculture (2005)
This paper identifies market failures that limit agricultural R&D for Africa and other resource-poor environments, and proposes a way to complement existing institutions with cash prizes for the...
Africa's growth trap: a political-economy model of taxation, R&D and investment (2000)
McMillan, Margaret S., Masters, William A.
ABSTRACT: Why do so many African governments consistently impose high tax rates and make little investment in productive public goods when alternative policies could yield greater tax revenues and...
Africa's growth trap: a political-economy model of taxation, R&D and investment (2000)
McMillan, Margaret S., Masters, William A.
ABSTRACT: Why do so many African governments consistently impose high tax rates and make little investment in productive public goods when alternative policies could yield greater tax revenues and...
Africa's growth trap: a political-economy model of taxation, R&D and investment (2000)
McMillan, Margaret S., Masters, William A.
ABSTRACT: Why do so many African governments consistently impose high tax rates and make little investment in productive public goods when alternative policies could yield greater tax revenues and...
Africa's growth trap: a political-economy model of taxation, R&D and investment (2000)
McMillan, Margaret S., Masters, William A.
ABSTRACT: Why do so many African governments consistently impose high tax rates and make little investment in productive public goods when alternative policies could yield greater tax revenues and...
Climate and scale in economic growth. (2000)
Masters, William A., McMillan, Margaret S.
ABSTRACT: This paper introduces new data on climatic conditions to empirical tests of growth theories. We find that, since 1960, temperate countries have converged towards high levels of income while...
Climate and scale in economic growth. (2000)
Masters, William A., McMillan, Margaret S.
ABSTRACT: This paper introduces new data on climatic conditions to empirical tests of growth theories. We find that, since 1960, temperate countries have converged towards high levels of income while...
Climate and scale in economic growth. (2000)
Masters, William A., McMillan, Margaret S.
ABSTRACT: This paper introduces new data on climatic conditions to empirical tests of growth theories. We find that, since 1960, temperate countries have converged towards high levels of income while...
Climate and scale in economic growth. (2000)
Masters, William A., McMillan, Margaret S.
ABSTRACT: This paper introduces new data on climatic conditions to empirical tests of growth theories. We find that, since 1960, temperate countries have converged towards high levels of income while...
The Uruguay Round and Africa: a Global, General Equilibrium Analysis (1998)
Hertel, Thomas W., Masters, William A., Elbehri, Aziz
Using a 10-region, 12-sector model of the global economy, projected forward to 2005 with and without implementation of the Uruguay Round (UR) trade agreements, we confirm earlier expectations that...
Comparative advantage and government policy in Zimbabwean agriculture / (1991)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Stanford University, 1991.
Cover title.
P. Anandajayasekeram, William A. Masters, James F. Oehmke
This document synthesizes the current state of knowledge about the impacts of African agricultural TDT. It is based on results presented at the Roundtable Discussion on Impact Assessment of African...
SOIL DEGRADATION, TECHNICAL CHANGE AND GOVERNMENT POLICIES IN SOUTHERN MALI
Timothy J. DALTON, William A. MASTERS
This study links intertemporal optimization to a biophysical crop growth model finding that agricultural intensification does not dramatically degrade soils in southern Mali. Productivity growth can...
Investing in soils: field bunds and microcatchments in Burkina Faso
Kazianga, Harounan, Masters, William A.
This research uses field-level data from Burkina Faso to ask what determines farmers investment in two well-known soil and water conservation techniques: field bunds (barriers to soil and water...
Climate and Scale in Economic Growth.
Masters, William A, McMillan, Margaret S
This paper introduces new data on climatic conditions to empirical tests of growth theories. We find that, since 1960, temperate countries have converged towards high levels of income while tropical...
Margaret S. McMillan, William A. Masters
Why do so many African governments consistently impose high tax rates and make little investment in productive public goods, when alternative policies could yield greater tax revenues and higher...
Property rights, production technology, and deforestation: cocoa in Cameroon
Harounan Kazianga, William A. Masters
In this article, we use a vintage-capital model with risk of eviction to assess cocoa farmers' response to changes in their tenure security and to the introduction of a new, faster-maturing cocoa...
Diffusion and spillover of new technology: a heterogeneous-agent model for cassava in West Africa
Michael E. Johnson, William A. Masters, Paul V. Preckel
Understanding what determines the geographic spread of innovations can help guide the funding and implementation of research and extension programs. Our approach uses household survey data as model...
Welfare Gains from Quality Certification of Infant Foods: Results from a Market Experiment in Mali.
Masters, William A, Sanogo, Diakalia
In low-income countries, malnutrition is often most severe among infants of six to twenty-four months. They need higher-density foods than the family diet, but density is a credence attribute. We...
Guyslain K. Ngeleza, William A. Masters
This paper tests a series of prominent hypotheses regarding the determinants of per-capita income using a novel spatial econometric approach to control for spillovers among neighboring countries and...
The Uruguay Round and Africa: A Global, General Equilibrium Analysis.
Hertel, Thomas W, Masters, William A, Elbehri, Aziz
Using a 10-region, 12-sector model of the global economy, projected forward to 2005 with and without implementation of the Uruguay Round (UR) trade agreements, we confirm earlier expectations that...
THE DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS ACROSS COUNTRIES AND OVER TIME
Priya Bhagowalia, Susan E. Chen, William A. Masters
Malnutrition is manifested in various degrees of both underweight and overweight, with large differences and rapid changes in their prevalence and severity. This paper introduces a new approach to...
Africa's Growth Trap: A Political-Economy Model of Taxation, R&D and Investment
Margaret S. McMillan, William A. Masters
Why do so many African governments consistently impose high tax rates and make little investment in productive public goods, when alternative policies could yield greater tax revenues and higher...
Climate and Scale In Economic Growth
William A. Masters, Margaret S. McMillan
This paper introduces new data on climatic conditions to empirical tests of growth theories. We find that, since 1960, temperate countries have converged towards a common high level of income while...
Anandajayasekeram, P., Masters, William A., Oehmke, James F.
Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies,
SOIL DEGRADATION, TECHNICAL CHANGE AND GOVERNMENT POLICIES IN SOUTHERN MALI
Dalton, Timothy J., Masters, William A.
This study links intertemporal optimization to a biophysical crop growth model finding that agricultural intensification does not dramatically degrade soils in southern Mali. Productivity growth can...
PROPERTY RIGHTS, PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY AND DEFORESTATION: COCOA IN WEST AFRICA
Kazianga, Harounan, Masters, William A.
In this paper, we use a vintage-capital model with risk of eviction to assess cocoa farmers' response to changes in their tenure security and to the introduction of a new, faster-maturing cocoa...
THE VALUE OF QUALITY CERTIFICATION FOR INFANT FOODS: RESULTS FROM A MARKET EXPERIMENT IN MALI
Sanogo, Diakalia, Masters, William A.
This paper uses an experimental-economics technique to measure the potential impact of introducing quality certification to the market for infant foods in Mali, where malnutrition is widespread. We...
The Distribution Of Child Nutritional Status Across Countries And Over Time
Bhagowalia, Priya, Chen, Susan E., Masters, William A.
Malnutrition is manifested in various degrees of both underweight and overweight, with large differences and rapid changes in their prevalence and severity. This paper introduces a new approach to...
Rios, Ana R., Masters, William A., Shively, Gerald E.
We build upon international trade literature to analyze the direction of causality between market participation and productivity. Cross-country household data from Tanzania, Vietnam and Guatemala are...
INVESTING IN SOILS: FIELD BUNDS AND MICROCATCHMENTS IN BURKINA FASO
Kazianga, Harounan, Masters, William A.
This research uses field-level data from Burkina Faso to ask what determines farmers' investment in two well-known soil and water conservation techniques: field bunds (barriers to soil and water...
CLIMATE AND SCALE IN ECONOMIC GROWTH
Masters, William A., McMillan, Margaret S.
This paper introduces new data on climatic conditions to empirical tests of growth theories. We find that, since 1960, temperate countries have converged towards high levels of income while tropical...
McMillan, Margaret S., Masters, William A.
Why do so many African governments consistently impose high tax rates and make little investment in productive public goods, when alternative policies could yield greater tax revenues and higher...
THE DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS ACROSS COUNTRIES AND OVER TIME
Bhagowalia, Priya, Chen, Susan E., Masters, William A.
Malnutrition is manifested in various degrees of both underweight and overweight, with large differences and rapid changes in their prevalence and severity. This paper introduces a new approach to...
Yao, Richard T., Shively, Gerald E., Masters, William A.
We investigate the Philippine government's price stabilization policy for rice. Seemingly Unrelated Regressions are used to examine the effectiveness of the program at regional and national levels...
Ngeleza, Guyslain K., Masters, William A.
This paper tests a series of prominent hypotheses regarding the determinants of per-capita income using a novel spatial econometric approach to control for spillovers among neighboring countries and...
Masters, William A., Delbecq, Benoit
"This paper describes how governments and philanthropic donors could drive innovation through a new kind of technology contest. We begin by reviewing the history of technology prizes, which operate...
Introduction to the special issue on the world food crisis
William A. Masters, Gerald E. Shively
This issue of "Agricultural Economics" contains articles on the causes and effects of rising food prices. All papers were subject to full, double-blind peer review on an accelerated basis, in an...
Rios, Ana R., Shively, Gerald E., Masters, William A.
Recent studies have emphasized that the poorest farmers are often net buyers of key commodities and therefore harmed by rising prices. We use LSMS data from Tanzania, Vietnam and Guatemala to test...
MEASURING PROTECTION IN AGRICULTURE: THE PRODUCER SUBSIDY EQUIVALENT REVISITED
In the 1980s, the Producer Subsidy Equivalent (PSE) became the dominant measure of protection in applied studies of international agricultural trade. This paper analyzes potential biases in the ratio...
Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Senegal
Distorted incentives, agricultural and trade policy reforms, national agricultural development, Agricultural and Food Policy, International Relations/Trade, F13, F14, Q17, Q18,
Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Cameroon
Bamou, Ernest, Masters, William A.
Distorted incentives, agricultural and trade policy reforms, national agricultural development, Agricultural and Food Policy, International Relations/Trade, F13, F14, Q17, Q18,
Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Sub-Saharan and North Africa
Anderson, Kym, Masters, William A.
Distorted incentives, agricultural and trade policy reforms, national agricultural development, Agricultural and Food Policy, International Relations/Trade, F13, F14, Q17, Q18,
Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Africa
Anderson, Kym, Masters, William A.
Distorted incentives, agricultural and trade policy reforms, national agricultural development, Agricultural and Food Policy, International Relations/Trade, F13, F14, Q17, Q18,
Agricultural Price Distortion and Stabilization: Stylized facts and Hypothesis Tests
Masters, William A., Garcia, Andres F.
This paper describes agricultural policy choices and tests some predictions of political economy theories. It begins with three broad stylized facts: governments tend to tax agriculture in poorer...
Yao, Richard T., Shively, Gerald, Masters, William A.
This paper investigates the Philippine government's price stabilization policy for rice. Seemingly unrelated regressions are used to examine the effectiveness of the program at regional and national...