William C. Horrace

Syracuse University - Department of Economics

Professor of Economics

Syracuse, NY 13244-1020

United States

http://faculty.maxwell.syr.edu/whorrace

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New Wine in Old Bottles: A Sequential Estimation Technique for the Lpm

IZA Discussion Paper No. 703
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 11 Apr 2003 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
William C. Horrace and Ronald L. Oaxaca
Syracuse University - Department of Economics and University of Arizona - Department of Economics
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linear probability model, sequential least squares, consistency, Monte Carlo

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The Value of Statistical Life: Pursuing the Deadliest Catch

Center for Policy Research Working Paper No. 117
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 12 Apr 2011
Kurt E. Schnier, William C. Horrace and Ronald G. Felthoven
University of Rhode Island - Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Syracuse University - Department of Economics and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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value of statistical life (VSL), intra-agent VSL comparison, Alaskan crab fisheries

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The Impact of New Deal Expenditures on Local Economic Activity: An Examination of Retail Sales, 1929-1939

NBER Working Paper No. w8108
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 01 Mar 2005 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2022
Price V. Fishback, William C. Horrace and Shawn Kantor
University of Arizona, Syracuse University - Department of Economics and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Do Federal Programs Affect Internal Migration? The Impact of New Deal Expenditures on Mobility During the Great Depression

NBER Working Paper No. w8283
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 01 Mar 2005 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2022
Price V. Fishback, William C. Horrace and Shawn Kantor
University of Arizona, Syracuse University - Department of Economics and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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The Influence of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation on Housing Markets During the 1930s

NBER Working Paper No. w15824
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 22 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2023
Price V. Fishback, Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, William C. Horrace, Shawn Kantor and Jaret Treber
University of Arizona, Syracuse University--Economics, Syracuse University - Department of Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Kenyon College - Department of Economics
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What Makes a Classmate a Peer? Examining Which Peers Matter in NYC Elementary Schools

Sinquefield Center for Applied Economic Research Working Paper No. 21-04
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 27 Dec 2021 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2024
William C. Horrace, Hyunseok Jung, Jonathan Presler, Amy Ellen Schwartz and Amy Ellen Schwartz
Syracuse University - Department of Economics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Saint Louis University - Sinquefield Center for Applied Economic Research and Syracuse University - Center for Policy ResearchNew York University (NYU) - Institute for Education and Social Policy
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Peer effect, Network, Homophily, Education

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Estimating Heterogeneous Production in Fisheries

Syracuse University Center for Policy Research Working Paper No. 80
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 20 Apr 2011
Kurt E. Schnier, Christopher M. Anderson and William C. Horrace
University of Rhode Island - Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, University of Rhode Island - Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics and Syracuse University - Department of Economics
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latent class regression, EC algorithm, stochastic production frontier, technical efficiency

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Inter-Industry Gender Wage Gaps by Knowledge Intensity:Discrimination and Technology in Korea

Syracuse University Center for Policy Research Working Paper No. 79
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 20 Apr 2011
William C. Horrace, Beyza P. Ural Marchand and Jin Hwa Jung
Syracuse University - Department of Economics, University of Alberta - Faculty of Arts and Seoul National University
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discrimination, labor markets, wage differential, compensation

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Identifying Technically Efficient Fishing Vessels: A Non-Empty, Minimal Subset Approach

Syracuse University Center for Policy Research Working Paper No. 78
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 20 Apr 2011
William C. Horrace, Kurt E. Schnier and Alfonso Flores-Lagunes
Syracuse University - Department of Economics, University of Rhode Island - Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics and Syracuse University--Economics
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Semiparametric Deconvolution with Unknown Error Variance

Center for Policy Research Working Paper No. 104
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 16 Apr 2011
William C. Horrace and Christopher F. Parmeter
Syracuse University - Department of Economics and Virginia Tech
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Error Component, Ordinary Smooth, Semi-Uniform Consistency

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Alternative Technical Efficiency Measures: Skew, Bias, and Scale

Syracuse University Center for Policy Research Working Paper No. 121
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 12 Apr 2011
Qu Feng and William C. Horrace
Nanyang Technological University and Syracuse University - Department of Economics
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stochastic frontier model, relative efficiency measure, two-sided measure, bias, bootstrap confidence intervals

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Sampling Errors and Confidence Intervals for Order Statistics: Implementing the Family Support Act

NBER Working Paper No. w5387
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 24 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2022
William C. Horrace, Peter Schmidt and Ann Dryden Witte
Syracuse University - Department of Economics, Michigan State University and Wellesley College - Department of Economics
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A Monte Carlo Study of Efficiency Estimates from Frontier Models

Center for Policy Research Working Paper No. 97
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 21 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 14 Mar 2015
William C. Horrace and Seth Richards-Shubik
Syracuse University - Department of Economics and Lehigh University - Department of Economics
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Truncated Normal, Stochastic Frontier, Efficiency, Multivariate Probabilities

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Fixed-Effect Estimation of Highly-Mobile Production Technologies

Center for Policy Research Working Paper No. 87
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Apr 2011
William C. Horrace and Kurt E. Schnier
Syracuse University - Department of Economics and University of Rhode Island - Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
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Panel data, time-varying individual effect, spatial econometrics, fisheries, agriculture, heteroskedasticity

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Generalized Moments Estimation for Panel Data

NBER Working Paper No. t0291
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 28 Mar 2003 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2023
Viliam Druska and William C. Horrace
Charles University in Prague - CERGE-EI, a joint workplace of Charles University and the Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Syracuse University - Department of Economics
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Estimating Heterogeneous Capacity and Capacity Utilization in a Multi-Species Fishery

Center for Policy Research Working Paper No. 86
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 20 Apr 2011
Ronald G. Felthoven, William C. Horrace and Kurt E. Schnier
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Syracuse University - Department of Economics and University of Rhode Island - Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
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fishery capacity, heterogeneous production, latent class modeling

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Ranking Inequality: Applications of Multivariate Subset Selection

Syracuse University Center for Policy Research Working Paper No. 70
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 19 Apr 2011
William C. Horrace, Joseph Marchand and Timothy M. (Tim) Smeeding
Syracuse University - Department of Economics, University of Alberta - Department of Economics and Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Income distribution, Inference, Poverty, Subset Selection

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Expected Efficiency Ranks from Parametric Stochastic Frontier Models

Empirical Economics, Vol. 48, No. 2, 2015
Posted: 15 Mar 2015
Seth Richards-Shubik, William C. Horrace and Ian A Wright
Lehigh University - Department of Economics, Syracuse University - Department of Economics and Western Sydney University

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Efficiency estimation, Order statistics, Multivariate inference, Multiplicity

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A Monte Carlo Study of Ranked Efficiency Estimates from Frontier Models

Journal of Productivity Analysis, October 2012, Volume 38, Issue 2, pp 155-165
Posted: 15 Mar 2015
Seth Richards-Shubik and William C. Horrace
Lehigh University - Department of Economics and Syracuse University - Department of Economics

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Truncated normal, Stochastic frontier, Efficiency, Multivariate probabilities

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Inter-Industry Wage Differentials and the Gender Wage Gap: An Identification Problem

Industrial and Labor Relations Review, April 2001
Posted: 18 Jul 2001
William C. Horrace and Ronald L. Oaxaca
Syracuse University - Department of Economics and University of Arizona - Department of Economics

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