Adrian Masters
Professor
Economics
University at Albany
United States of America
Biography
Adrian Masters is an expert in labor economics, macroeconomics, labor market policies, minimum wages, and unemployment. He received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Nottingham University (1981), a master's in economic policy and planning from Northeastern University (1990), and a doctorate in economics from the University of Pennsylvania (1995).
Research Interest
Labor economics; macroeconomics; labor market policies; minimum wages; unemployment
Publications
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Commitment, advertising and efficiency of two-sided investment in competitive search equilibrium (Slides) Published in Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (2011) vol. 35 pp. 1017-23.
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Inflation and welfare in retail markets: prior production and imperfectly directed search this paper formerly circulated under the title "Money in a model of prior production and imperfectly directed search" (Presentation Slides) Published in Journal of Money Credit and Banking (2013) vol. 45 pp. 821-45.
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Statistical Discrimination from Composition Effects in the Market for Low-Skilled Workers Published in Labour Economics (2014) vol. 26 pp. 72-80. Credit card acceptance, product quality and merchant fees (Slides)
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Efficiency in a Search and Matching Model with Particpation Policy Published in Economics Letters (2015) Vol. 134 pp. 111-3
