William C. Horrace
Associate Professor of Economics and Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

 

Curriculum Vitae

Classes
Fall 07
On leave

Spring 08
None

 

Office Hours
By appointment.

 

Contact Information
426 Eggers Hall
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY  13244-1020

Phone: (315) 443-9061
Fax:     (315) 443-1081
Email:  whorrace@maxwell.syr.edu
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Research Interests
Applied & Theoretical Econometrics
Productivity Analysis 
Multivariate Inference


Selected Recent Papers
"On Ranking and Selection from Independent Truncated Normal Distributions", Journal of Econometrics, 126 (2005): 335-354

"Some Results on the Multivariate Truncated Normal Distribution", Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 94 (2005): 209-221

"The Determinants of Life Expectancy: An Analysis of the OECD Health Data", Southern Economic Journal, 71 (2005): 768-783 (with J. Shaw and R. Vogel)

"Did New Deal Grant Programs Stimulate Local Economies? A Study of Federal Grants and Retail Sales during the Great Depression", Journal of Economic History, 65 (2005): 36-71 (with P. Fishback and S. Kantor)

"On the Ranking Uncertainty of Labor Market Wage Gaps", Journal of Population Economics, 18 (2005): 181-187