William A Masters

Assoc Dept Head/Professor of AgEcon

Department: Agricultural Economics
Phone: 765.494.4235
Office: Krannert 606
E-mail: wmasters@purdue.edu
Personal Web Page

Curriculum Vitae

Will Masters works on agricultural development, markets and trade, particularly in Africa. He teaches a graduate course in agricultural policy and an undergraduate course in economic development, and is co-editor (with Jerry Shively) of Agricultural Economics, the journal of the International Association of Agricultural Economists. Recent books include Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Africa (World Bank 2009) and a textbook, Economics of Agricultural Development (Routledge 2006). Before joining the Purdue faculty, Prof. Masters attended Deep Springs College (1979-81), then graduated from Yale University (1984), and received a Ph.D. from the Food Research Institute of Stanford University (1991). He has also been a lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe (1988-1990), a visiting scholar at Harvard University (2000), a visiting professor at Columbia University (2003-04), a consultant to the World Bank as well as other development agencies, and is a member of the Board of Trustees of Deep Springs College.

- Recent Publications

Anderson, K., & W. A. Masters (2009). Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Africa. Washington, DC: The World Bank. http://www.worldbank.org/agdistortions

Norton, G. W., J. Alwang, & W. A. Masters (2006). Economics of Agricultural Development. New York: Routledge. http://www.routledge.com/books/The-Economics-of-Agricultural-Development-isbn9780415770460

Masters, W. A., & B. Delbecq (2008). Accelerating Innovation with Prize Rewards. http://www.ifpri.org/publication/accelerating-innovation-prize-rewards

Masters, W. A. (2008). Beyond the Food Crisis: Trade, Aid and Innovation in African Agriculture. African Technology Development Forum, 5(1-2), 3-15. http://www.atdforum.org/spip.php?article258

Masters, W. A., & G. E. Shively (2008). Introduction to the Special Issue on the World Food Crisis. Agricultural Economics, 39(3s), 373-374. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121554072/abstract?

Masters, W. A. (2009). Review of "The Bottom Billion" by Paul Collier. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 91(4), 1157 - 1159. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122588318/abstract

Masters, W. A. (2008). Review of "Global Warming and Agriculture" by William Cline. Journal of Economic Literature, 66(2), 448-450. http://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/jel.46.2.412

Humphreys, M., W. A. Masters, & M. E. Sandbu (2006). The Role of Leadership in Democratic Deliberations: Results from a Field Experiment in Sao Tome and Príncipe. World Politics, 58(4), 583-622. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/world_politics/v058/58.4humphreys.pdf

Masters, W. A. (2005). Research Prizes: A New Kind of Incentive for Innovation in African Agriculture. International Journal of Biotechnology, 7(1/2/3), 195-211. http://www.inderscience.com/search/index.php?action=record&rec_id=6454

Masters, W. A. (2005). Paying for Prosperity: How and Why to Invest in Agricultural R&D. Journal of International Affairs, 58(2), 35-64. http://www.agecon.purdue.edu/staff/masters/Masters-PayingForProsperity_JIA2005.pdf