Prof. Dr. Joel L. Horowitz

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsStatistics and Economics,Economic Theory,Mathematical and Applied Statistics
KeywordsSemiparametric estimation, Nonparametric estimation, Bootstrap, High dimensional estimation, Shape restrictions

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityEvanston
InstitutionNorthwestern University
InstituteDepartment of Economics

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang HärdleInstitut für Statistik und Ökonometrie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/05/2000

Programme(s)

1999Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Horowitz is one of the leading experts in the field of statistical economics. His contributions affect ecological economy as well as econometrics and mathematical statistics. One of his major achievements is the introductron of the "bootstrap" method into econometrics.