Lars Peter Hansen
| Lars Peter Hansen | |
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Lars Peter Hansen (2013)
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| Born |
October 26, 1952 Urbana, Illinois |
| Nationality | United States |
| Website | larspeterhansen |
| Institution |
University of Chicago Carnegie Mellon University |
| Field | Macroeconomics |
| School or tradition |
Chicago School of Economics |
| Alma mater |
University of Minnesota (Ph.D.) Utah State University (B.Sc.) |
| Doctoral advisor |
Christopher A. Sims |
| Doctoral students |
Narayana Kocherlakota Masao Ogaki Erzo G.J. Luttmer |
| Influences | Thomas J. Sargent, Christopher A. Sims |
| Contributions | Generalized method of moments, robust control applied to macroeconomics and asset pricing |
| Awards |
Frisch Medal (with Kenneth J. Singleton), 1984 Nemmers Prize, 2006 CME Group-MSRI Prize, 2008 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards, 2010 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, 2013 |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Lars Peter Hansen (born 26 October 1952 in Urbana, Illinois) is an American economist. He is the David Rockefeller Distinguished Service Professor of economics at the University of Chicago and a 2013 recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics.
Hansen is a leading expert in economic dynamics who works at the boundaries of macroeconomics, finance, and econometrics. Best known for his work on the Generalized Method of Moments, he is also a distinguished macroeconomist, focusing on the linkages between the financial sector and the macroeconomy. His current collaborative research develops and applies methods for pricing the exposure to macroeconomic shocks over alternative investment horizons and investigates the implications of the pricing of long-term uncertainty.
Among other honors, he received the 2010 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the category of Economy, Finance and Management.
After graduating from Utah State University (B.S. Mathematics, Political Science, 1974) and the University of Minnesota (Ph.D. Economics, 1978) he served as assistant and associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University before moving to the University of Chicago in 1981. He is currently the David Rockefeller Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, Statistics and the College at the University of Chicago. He is married to Grace Tsiang (Chinese: 蒋人瑞; pinyin: Jiǎng Rénruì), who is the daughter of the famous economist Sho-Chieh Tsiang. Together, Hansen and Tsiang have one son named Peter. He has two brothers, Ted Howard Hansen, an immunologist at Washington University in St. Louis and Roger Hansen, an engineer in water resource management. His father, Roger Gaurth Hansen, served as provost of Utah State University and was a professor of biochemistry.
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