William C. Horrace

• 2025 Summer
  • ECN 620 Foundations of Econometrics
  • ECN 605 Mathematics for Economists
• 2024 Fall
  • ECN 621 Econometrics I
• 2024 Summer
  • ECN 620 Foundations of Econometrics
  • ECN 605 Mathematics for Economists
• 2023 Summer
  • ECN 620 Foundations of Econometrics
  • ECN 605 Mathematics for Economists

Bill Horrace is a Distinguished Professor of Economics and a W.E.B. Du Bois Scholar at the National Institutes of Justice. His research interests include econometrics, production and efficiency analysis; peer-effects and strategic interactions; and crime and policing. He is an expert in the study of police racial profiling, having completed several studies of the issue in the City of Syracuse, New York, over the last decade.

Horrace has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, the Journal of Productivity Analysis and the Southern Economic Journal. He is an inaugural member of the Society of Senior Ford Fellows and a principal founder of the International Society for Efficiency and Productivity Analysis. He has received over $5 million in sponsored project grants at Syracuse University. He received a Ph.D. in economics from Michigan State University in 1996. 

"Police Officer Learning, Mentoring, and Racial Bias in Traffic Stops", Sponsored by National Institute of Justice/Department of Justice.

"Upstate Health Research Network", Sponsored by New York State Office of Attorney General.

"Occupational Risk and Rights-Based Fisheries Policy: Studying Changes in the Deadliest Catch", Sponsored by National Science Foundation.

"Upstate Health Research Network", Sponsored by Fair Health Incorporated.

"Occupational Risk & Rights-Based Fisheries Policy", Sponsored by NSF.

• Journal Articles
  • Horrace, W. C., Wright, I. A. and Parmeter, C. F., "On asymmetry and quantile estimation of the stochastic frontier model." Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2024.
  • Horrace, W. C., Cai, J. and Parmeter, C. F., "Penalized sieve estimation of zero-inefficiency stochastic frontiers." Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2024.
  • Horrace, W. C., Cai, J. and Lee, Y., "Identification and estimation of panel semiparametric conditional heteroskedastic frontiers with dynamic inefficiency." Econometric Reviews, 2024.
  • Horrace, W. C., Jung, H. and Lee, Y., "LASSO for stochastic frontier models with many efficient firms." Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 2023.
  • Horrace, W. C., Yang, Y. and Jung, H., "The conditional mode in parametric stochastic models." Journal of Prodcutivity Analaysis, 2023.
  • Agar, J., Parmeter, C. F. and Horrace, W. C., "Fleet capacity dynamics in the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery: 12 years after the IFQ." Environmental & Resource Economics, 2022.
  • Jung, H., Sanders, S. D. and Horrace, W. C., "Network competition and team chemistry in the NBA." Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 2022.
  • Wang, Y., Horrace, W. C., "Nonparametric tests of tail behavior in stochastic frontier models." Applied Econometrics, 2022.
  • Yang, Y., Rothbart, M. W. and Horrace, W. C., "Technical efficiency of public middle schools in New York City." Economics of Education Review, 2022.
  • Cai, J., Parmeter, C. F. and Horrace, W. C., "Deconvolution with Laplace errors and unknown variance." Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2021.
  • Cai, J., Feng, Q., Wu, G. L. and Horrace, W. C., "Wrong skewness and finite sample correction in the normal-half normal stochastic frontier model." Empirical Economics, 2021.
  • Wright, I. A., Horrace, W. C., "Stationary points for stochastic frontier models." Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 2020.
• Book Chapter
  • Schnier, K. E., Horrace, W. C. and Sickles, R. C., "Efficiency selection procedures for capacity utilization estimation." Springer Science & Business Media, 2014.
• Book Review
  • Horrace, W. C., Phillips, D. J., "Shaping Jazz: Cities, Labels, and the Global Emergence of an Art Form." Journal of Economic Literature, 2014.
• Encyclopedia Entries
  • Horrace, W. C., Darity, W. A., "Stochastic Frontier Analysis." International Encyclopedia of Social Sciences, 2008.
  • Horrace, W. C., LewisBeck, M., Bryman, A. and Liao, F., "Identification Problem." Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods, 2004.
• Essays
  • Horrace, W. C., Hernandez, C., "The characteristic function from a family of truncated normal distributions." Econometric Theory, 2001.
  • Horrace, W. C., Billings, R. B. and Agthe, D. E., "State space vs. econometric techniques for forecasting monthly urban water demand (closure)." Water Resources Planning & Management, 1999.

• Associate Editor, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 2016-2022
• Associate Editor, Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2009-2022
• Associate Editor, Southern Economic Journal, 2001-2006

Division of Social Services, "Childcare Market Rate Study" (2024)

Division of Social Services, "Childcare Market Rate Study" (2021)

North American Productivity Workshop, ISEAPA (2021)

Division of Social Services, "Childcare Market Rate Study" (2018)

American Economic Association Meetings (2015)

Distinguished Author Award, Journal of Applied Econometrics (November 1, 2024)

Fellow of New York Camp Econometrics, Syracuse Univeristy Department of Economics (2015)

Faculty Appreciation Award, University of Arizona, Eller School of Business Student Council (1999)

Outstanding University of Arizona Faculty Award, Mortar Board Society (1999)

Faculty Appreciation Award, University of Arizona, Eller School of Business Student Council (1998)