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  1. Tracking the affordability of least-cost healthy diets helps guide intervention for food security and improved nutrition

    Article • Food Policy, November 2025, Elsevier

    Professor William A Masters

  2. Climate impacts and monetary costs of healthy diets worldwide

    Article • June 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William A Masters

  3. The Healthy Diet Basket is a valid global standard that highlights lack of access to healthy and sustainable diets

    Article • Nature Food, May 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William A Masters

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

    Article • The Journal of Economic Education, February 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Professor William A Masters

  5. Iodized salt has large impacts on child health and test scores in Ethiopia

    Article • January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William A Masters

  6. Measuring food access using the Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD): Insights from retail prices worldwide

    Article • September 2024, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Professor William A Masters

  7. The Healthy Diet Basket is a comparable global standard for the Cost of a Healthy Diet, meeting nutritional and environmental criteria

    Article • June 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William A Masters

  8. Trade policy reform, retail food prices and access to healthy diets worldwide

    Article • World Development, May 2024, Elsevier

    Professor William A Masters

  9. Complex dynamics between food prices, income and dietary quality in sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • Nature Food, March 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William A Masters

  10. COVID-19 mobility restrictions and stay-at-home behaviour in 2020 were associated with higher retail food prices worldwide

    Article • Global Food Security, June 2023, Elsevier

    Professor William A Masters

  11. Sibling rivalry between twins in utero and childhood: Evidence from birthweight and survival of 95 919 twin pairs in 72 low‐ and middle‐income countries

    Article • American Journal of Human Biology, March 2023, Wiley

    Professor William A Masters

  12. Tracing global flows of bioactive compounds from farm to fork in nutrient balance sheets can help guide intervention towards healthier food supplies

    Article • Nature Food, September 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William A Masters

  13. Author Correction: Food Compass is a nutrient profiling system using expanded characteristics for assessing healthfulness of foods

    Article • Nature Food, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William A Masters

  14. Linear Growth Spurts are Preceded by Higher Weight Gain Velocity and Followed by Weight Slowdowns Among Rural Children in Burkina Faso: A Longitudinal Study

    Article • Journal of Nutrition, August 2022, Elsevier

    Professor William A Masters

  15. Retail prices of nutritious food rose more in countries with higher COVID-19 case counts

    Article • Nature Food, May 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William A Masters

  16. Monthly measurement of child lengths between 6 and 27 months of age in Burkina Faso reveals both chronic and episodic growth faltering

    Article • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, January 2022, Elsevier

    Professor William A Masters

  17. Assessing Diet Quality Where Families Share Their Meals: Evidence from Malawi

    Article • Journal of Nutrition, December 2021, Elsevier

    Professor William A Masters

  18. Beyond price and income: Preferences and food values in peri-urban Viet Nam

    Article • Appetite, November 2021, Elsevier

    Professor William A Masters

  19. Food Compass is a nutrient profiling system using expanded characteristics for assessing healthfulness of foods

    Article • Nature Food, October 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William A Masters

  20. Food prices in a pandemic: Global data show higher costs for nutritious food groups

    Article • July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William A Masters

  21. Food Systems as Drivers of Optimal Nutrition and Health: Complexities and Opportunities for Research and Implementation

    Article • Current Developments in Nutrition, May 2021, Elsevier

    Professor William A Masters

  22. Global dietary convergence from 1970 to 2010 altered inequality in agriculture, nutrition and health

    Article • Nature Food, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William A Masters

  23. Seasonality of diet costs reveals food system performance in East Africa

    Article • Science Advances, December 2020, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor William A Masters

  24. Fortified blended flour supplements displace plain cereals in feeding of young children

    Article • Maternal and Child Nutrition, September 2020, Wiley

    Professor William A Masters

  25. Affordability of the EAT–Lancet reference diet: a global analysis

    Article • The Lancet Global Health, January 2020, Elsevier

    Professor William A Masters

  26. Beyond Calories: The New Economics of Nutrition

    Article • Annual Review of Resource Economics, October 2019, Annual Reviews

    Professor William A Masters

  27. First foods: Diet quality among infants aged 6–23 months in 42 countries

    Article • Food Policy, October 2019, Elsevier

    Professor William A Masters

  28. Correcting for artifactual correlation between misreported month of birth and attained height-for-age reduces but does not eliminate measured vulnerability to season of birth in poorer countries

    Article • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, June 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor William A Masters

  29. Misreporting Month of Birth: Diagnosis and Implications for Research on Nutrition and Early Childhood in Developing Countries

    Article • Demography, January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William A Masters

  30. Agriculture for nutrition: direct and indirect effects.

    Article • January 2019, CABI Publishing

    Professor William A Masters

  31. Orange Fanta versus orange fruit: A novel measure of nutrition knowledge in Malawi

    Article • August 2018, Wiley

    Professor William A Masters

  32. Measuring the Affordability of Nutritious Diets in Africa: Price Indexes for Diet Diversity and the Cost of Nutrient Adequacy

    Article • American Journal of Agricultural Economics, August 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor William A Masters

  33. Education and micronutrient deficiencies: an ecological study exploring interactions between women’s schooling and children’s micronutrient status

    Article • BMC Public Health, April 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William A Masters

  34. Designing programs to improve diets for maternal and child health: estimating costs and potential dietary impacts of nutrition-sensitive programs in Ethiopia, Nigeria, and India

    Article • Health Policy and Planning, March 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor William A Masters

  35. Agricultural Transformation, Nutrition Transition and Food Policy in Africa: Preston Curves Reveal New Stylised Facts

    Article • The Journal of Development Studies, February 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor William A Masters

  36. Winner-Take-All and Proportional-Prize Contests: Theory and Experimental Results #

    Article • Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, February 2018, Elsevier

    Roman M Sheremeta, Professor William A Masters

  37. Household food production is positively associated with dietary diversity and intake of nutrient-dense foods for older preschool children in poorer families: Results from a nationally-representative survey in Nepal

    Article • PLOS One, November 2017, PLOS

    Professor William A Masters

  38. Priority interventions to improve maternal and child diets in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

    Article • Maternal and Child Nutrition, October 2017, Wiley

    Professor William A Masters

  39. Impact of caregiver incentives on child health: Evidence from an experiment with Anganwadi workers in India

    Article • Journal of Health Economics, September 2017, Elsevier

    Professor William A Masters

  40. Nutrition Smoothing: Can Proximity to Towns and Cities Protect Rural Children against Seasonal Variation in Agroclimatic Conditions at Birth?

    Article • PLOS One, January 2017, PLOS

    Professor William A Masters

  41. Nutrient composition of premixed and packaged complementary foods for sale in low‐ and middle‐income countries: Lack of standards threatens infant growth

    Article • Maternal and Child Nutrition, December 2016, Wiley

    Professor William A Masters

  42. Climatic conditions and child height: Sex-specific vulnerability and the protective effects of sanitation and food markets in Nepal

    Article • Economics & Human Biology, December 2016, Elsevier

    Professor William A Masters

  43. The nutrition transition and agricultural transformation: a Preston curve approach

    Article • Agricultural Economics, November 2016, Wiley

    Professor William A Masters

  44. Energy Contents of Frequently Ordered Restaurant Meals and Comparison with Human Energy Requirements and US Department of Agriculture Database Information: A Multisite Randomized Study

    Article • Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, April 2016, Elsevier

    Professor William A Masters

  45. Agricultural policy for improved nutrition in Africa and Asia: evidence to guide the US Government’s investments in food security

    Article • Food Security, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William A Masters

  46. Urbanization, market development and malnutrition in farm households: evidence from the Demographic and Health Surveys, 1986–2011

    Article • Food Security, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William A Masters

  47. Disease control, demographic change and institutional development in Africa

    Article • Journal of Development Economics, September 2014, Elsevier

    Professor William A Masters

  48. Agriculture, transportation and the timing of urbanization: Global analysis at the grid cell level

    Article • Journal of Economic Growth, June 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William A Masters

  49. Agriculture, nutrition, and health in global development: typology and metrics for integrated interventions and research

    Article • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, February 2014, Wiley

    Professor William A Masters

  50. Urbanization and farm size in Asia and Africa: Implications for food security and agricultural research

    Article • Global Food Security, September 2013, Elsevier

    Professor William A Masters

  51. Disease Control, Demographic Change and Institutional Development in Africa

    Article • July 2013, National Bureau of Economic Research

    Professor William A Masters

  52. Rural Demography, Public Services and Land Rights in Africa: A Village-Level Analysis in Burkina Faso

    Article • December 2011, National Bureau of Economic Research

    Professor William A Masters

  53. Economic Development, Government Policies, and Food Consumption

    Article • September 2011

    Professor William A Masters

  54. Effects and determinants of mild underweight among preschool children across countries and over time

    Article • Economics & Human Biology, January 2011, Elsevier

    Professor William A Masters

  55. Entry into winner-take-all and proportional-prize contests: An experimental study

    Article • Journal of Public Economics, October 2010, Elsevier

    Roman M Sheremeta, Professor William A Masters

  56. Measuring the Impacts of Malawi's Farm Input Subsidy Program

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2010, Elsevier

    Professor William A Masters

  57. Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Africa

    Article • March 2009, World Bank

    Professor William A Masters

  58. Introduction to the special issue on the world food crisis

    Article • Agricultural Economics, November 2008, Wiley

    Professor William A Masters

  59. Diffusion and spillover of new technology: a heterogeneous-agent model for cassava in West Africa

    Article • Agricultural Economics, September 2006, Wiley

    Professor William A Masters

  60. Property rights, production technology, and deforestation: cocoa in Cameroon

    Article • Agricultural Economics, July 2006, Wiley

    Professor William A Masters

  61. The Role of Leaders in Democratic Deliberations: Results from a Field Experiment in São Tomé and Príncipe

    Article • World Politics, July 2006, Cambridge University Press

    Professor William A Masters

  62. Book reviews

    Article • Agricultural Economics, November 2005, Wiley

    Professor William A Masters

  63. GENETIC IMPROVEMENT AND COCOA YIELDS IN GHANA

    Article • Experimental Agriculture, September 2005, Cambridge University Press

    Professor William A Masters

  64. Research prizes: a new kind of incentive for innovation in African agriculture

    Article • International Journal of Biotechnology, January 2005, Inderscience Publishers

    Professor William A Masters

  65. Complementarity and sequencing of innovations: new varieties and mechanized processing for cassava in West Africa

    Article • Economics of Innovation and New Technology, January 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Professor William A Masters

  66. Investing in soils: field bunds and microcatchments in Burkina Faso

    Article • Environment and Development Economics, July 2002, Cambridge University Press

    Professor William A Masters

  67. A market-based approach to child nutrition: mothers’ demand for quality certification of infant foods in Bamako, Mali

    Article • Food Policy, June 2002, Elsevier

    Professor William A Masters

  68. Article • Journal of Economic Growth, January 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor William A Masters

  69. Understanding the Political Economy of Agriculture in the Tropics

    Article • American Journal of Agricultural Economics, August 2000, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor William A Masters

  70. Gender and Agricultural Change: Crop-Livestock Integration in Senegal

    Article • Society & Natural Resources, April 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Professor William A Masters

  71. Technical change in Senegal's irrigated rice sector: impact assessment under uncertainty

    Article • Agricultural Economics, January 2000, Wiley

    Professor William A Masters

  72. Pasture taxes and agricultural intensification in southern Mali

    Article • Agricultural Economics, September 1998, Wiley

    Professor William A Masters

  73. The impact of agricultural research in Africa: aggregate and case study evidence

    Article • Agricultural Economics, September 1998, Wiley

    Professor William A Masters

  74. Measuring exchange rate misalignment: Inflation differentials and domestic relative prices

    Article • World Development, March 1998, Elsevier

    Professor William A Masters

  75. Production costs and input substitution in Zimbabwe's smallholder agriculture

    Article • Agricultural Economics, December 1997, Wiley

    Professor William A Masters

  76. Government and Agriculture in Zimbabwe

    Article • The International Journal of African Historical Studies, January 1996, JSTOR

    Professor William A Masters

  77. Returns from research in economies with policy distortions: hybrid sorghum in Sudan

    Article • Agricultural Economics, August 1995, Wiley

    Professor William A Masters

  78. Measuring the Comparative Advantage of Agricultural Activities: Domestic Resource Costs and the Social Cost-Benefit Ratio

    Article • American Journal of Agricultural Economics, May 1995, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor William A Masters

  79. Panterritorial versus regional pricing for maize in Zimbabwe

    Article • World Development, October 1993, Elsevier

    Professor William A Masters

  80. Agricultural Policies in Developing Countries

    Article • American Journal of Agricultural Economics, May 1993, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor William A Masters

  81. Measuring protection in agriculture: The producer subsidy equivalent revisited

    Article • Oxford Agrarian Studies, January 1993, Taylor & Francis

    Professor William A Masters

  82. Property Rights, Production Technology and Deforestation: Cocoa in Cameroon

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Professor William A Masters

  83. Agriculture, Transportation and the Timing of Urbanization: Global Analysis at the Grid Cell Level

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Professor William A Masters

  84. Entry into Winner-Take-All and Proportional-Prize Contests: An Experimental Study

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Professor William A Masters, Roman M Sheremeta

  85. Winner-Take-All and Proportional-Prize Contests: Theory and Experimental Results

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Professor William A Masters, Roman M Sheremeta

  86. An African Growth Trap: Production Technology and the Time-Consistency of Agricultural Taxation, R&D and Investment

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Professor William A Masters

  87. Agricultural Price Distortions and Stabilization

    Article • Cambridge University Press

    Professor William A Masters