William C. Horrace

Distinguished Professor, Economics

Contact Information
whorrace@syr.edu

426 Eggers Hall
(315) 443-9061
Office Hours:
Mo-Fr 2:30-3:00 (Virtually)
& By Appointment

Staff Support
Emily Minnoe
(315) 443-3114
erminnoe@syr.edu

Curriculum Vitae
William C. Horrace CV

Director of Masters Studies
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Degree

Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1996

Specialties

Econometrics, firm-level production and efficiency analysis, peer effects and strategic interactions, crime and policing

Courses

Summer 2021

ECN 620.001 Foundations of Econometrics, Mo-Fr 1:00-2:30, Online (7/19-8/27)
ECN 605.001 Mathematics of Economists, Mo-Fr 3:00-4:30, Online (7/19-8/27)

Biography

Bill Horrace is a Distinguished Professor of Economics, a Senior Research Associate in the Center for Policy Research, 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, NY over the last decade. Professor Horrace has published articles in leading economics and econometrics journals, most recently in Journal of Econometrics and Review of Economics and Statistics. He has received over $5 million in sponsored project grants at Syracuse University. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Michigan State University in 1996. Full Biography

Publications

Selected Papers

Research Interests

Applied & Theoretical Econometrics
Productivity Analysis 
Multivariate Inference

Research Grants and Awards

"W.E.B. DuBois Scholar," National Institutes of Justice. 2017-2018.

Principle Investigator. "Police Officer Learning, Mentoring, and Racial Bias in Traffic Stops," Office of Justice Programs at the U.S. Department of Justice. 2017-2019.