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D-Index
37
Citations
6611
World Ranking
2672
National Ranking
1490

William R. Zame publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William R. Zame sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 120 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

William R. Zame D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William R. Zame sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 37 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1994 - Fellows of the Econometric Society

Overview

William R. Zame is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of economics, econometrics, and finance with significant contributions to statistical methods and artificial intelligence.

Their work spans several key topics, including:

  • Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials
  • Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
  • Economic Theories and Models
  • Model Reduction and Neural Networks
  • Machine Learning and Data Classification
  • Statistical Methods and Inference
  • Financial Markets and Investment Strategies

Zame's publications reveal a concentration in statistical and computational approaches, particularly related to clinical trials and economic modeling. The scientist has contributed to various papers, notable recent ones include:

  • "Machine learning for clinical trials in the era of COVID-19" (2020), published in Statistics in Biopharmaceutical Research
  • "Integrating Expert ODEs into Neural ODEs: Pharmacology and Disease Progression" (2021), published on arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Learning outside the Black-Box: The pursuit of interpretable models" (2020), published on arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Robust Recursive Partitioning for Heterogeneous Treatment Effects with Uncertainty Quantification" (2020), published on arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Mihaela van der Schaar (9 collaborations)
  • Cong Shen (4 collaborations)
  • Hyun-Suk Lee (4 collaborations)
  • Jang-Won Lee (3 collaborations)
  • Yao Zhang (2 collaborations)

Zame's research outputs have been predominantly published in the following venues:

  • arXiv (Cornell University) with 8 publications
  • SSRN Electronic Journal with 3 publications
  • Statistics in Biopharmaceutical Research
  • Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control
  • Journal of Public Economics

Their main fields of study highlight economics and econometrics with cross-disciplinary work in statistics and artificial intelligence. Subfields include statistics and probability, artificial intelligence, economics and econometrics, finance, and statistical and nonlinear physics.

Recognized for their academic contributions, William R. Zame has received honors including:

  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2004
  • Fellows of the Econometric Society in 1994

Best Publications

  • DeepHit: A Deep Learning Approach to Survival Analysis With Competing Risks

    Changhee Lee;William R. Zame;Jinsung Yoon;Mihaela van der Schaar

  • Status in Markets

    Sheryl Ball;Catherine Eckel;Philip J. Grossman;William Zame

  • Ambiguity in Asset Markets: Theory and Experiment

    Peter Bossaerts;Paolo Ghirardato;Serena Guarnaschelli;William R. Zame

  • Discontinuous games and endogenous sharing rules

    Leo K. Simon;William R. Zame

  • Efficiency and the Role of Default When Security Markets Are Incomplete

    William R. Zame

  • THE CONSUMPTION-BASED CAPITAL ASSET PRICING MODEL

    Darrell Duffie;William Zame

  • The Limits of ex post Implementation

    Philippe Jehiel;Moritz Meyer-ter-Vehn;Benny Moldovanu;William R. Zame

  • Equilibrium theory in infinite dimensional spaces

    Andreu Mas-Colell;William Zame

  • Clubs and the Market

    Bryan Ellickson;Birgit Grodal;Suzanne Scotchmer;William R. Zame

  • Collateral equilibrium, I: a basic framework

    John Geanakoplos;John Geanakoplos;William R. Zame

  • Communication and equilibrium in discontinuous games of incomplete information

    Matthew O. Jackson;Leo K. Simon;Jeroen M. Swinkels;William R. Zame

  • The nonatomic assignment model

    Neil E. Gretsky;Joseph M. Ostroy;William R. Zame;William R. Zame

  • EQUILIBRIA IN BANACH LATTICES WITHOUT ORDERED PREFERENCES

    Nicholas C. Yannelis;William R. Zame;William R. Zame

  • Debt constraints and equilibrium in infinite horizon economies with incomplete markets

    David K. Levine;William R. Zame;William R. Zame

  • Does Market Incompleteness Matter

    David K. Levine;William R. Zame

  • THE ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY OF PERFECT AND SEQUENTIAL EQUILIBRIUM

    Lawrence E. Blume;William R. Zame

  • Genericity with Infinitely Many Parameters

    Robert M. Anderson;William R. Zame

  • Can intergenerational equity be operationalized

    William R. Zame

  • PERFECT COMPETITION IN THE CONTINUOUS ASSIGNMENT MODEL

    Neil E. Gretsky;Joseph M. Ostroy;William R. Zame

  • Competitive Equilibria in Production Economies with an Infinite-Dimensional Commodity Space

    William R. Zame

  • Status in Markets

    Catherine C. Eckel;Sheryl B. Ball;Philip J. Grossman;William R. Zame

  • Chapter 34 Equilibrium theory in infinite dimensional spaces

    Andreu Mas-Colell;William R. Zame

  • Discontinous Games and Endogenous Sharing Rules

    Leo K. Simon;William R. Zame

Frequent Co-Authors

Mihaela van der Schaar
Mihaela van der Schaar University of Cambridge
Peter Bossaerts
Peter Bossaerts University of Cambridge
David K. Levine
David K. Levine Royal Holloway University of London
John Geanakoplos
John Geanakoplos Yale University
Charles R. Plott
Charles R. Plott California Institute of Technology
Myrna Holtz Wooders
Myrna Holtz Wooders Vanderbilt University
Benny Moldovanu
Benny Moldovanu University of Bonn
Jang-Won Lee
Jang-Won Lee Yonsei University
Andreu Mas-Colell
Andreu Mas-Colell Pompeu Fabra University
Philippe Jehiel
Philippe Jehiel Paris School of Economics

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