Lars Peter Hansen
David Rockefeller Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, Statistics and the College, Director, Macro Financial Research Initiative
Lars Peter Hansen is an internationally known leader in economic dynamics and recipient of the 2013 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
He is research director of the Becker Friedman Institute where he guides its scholarly direction and chairs the Institute Research Council....View profile
October 12, 2017
Source: Economic Times
July 26, 2016
Prof. Lars Peter Hansen discusses the global economy and recent events
By Maureen Kelleher
March 17, 2016
There’s a hidden gem nestled inside Saieh Hall for Economics, home of the Department of Economics and the Becker Friedman Institute for Economic Research. A small, restored conference room now...Read more
By Wen Huang
September 24, 2015
Alex Foster, a third-year economics major, spent the summer studying the works of contemporary artists Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol. Instead of visiting museums or reading up on the two...Read more
By Wen Huang
October 24, 2014
The Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics has appointed two new research fellows as part of the institute’s commitment to bringing the world’s most promising economists to Chicago to...Read more
Source: CNBC
August 22, 2014
Prof. Lars Peter Hansen attributes economy’s ‘stunningly sluggish recovery’ to investors’ uncertainty about market regulations
By Wen Huang
August 14, 2014
Two acclaimed University of Chicago economists, Lars Peter Hansen and Kevin M. Murphy, have been appointed co-chairs of the Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics . Hansen, formerly the...Read more
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April 9, 2014
Nobel Laureate Roger Myerson shares views on how incentives and hidden information add risk in the financial sector.Read more
Source: Deseret News
February 25, 2014
In interview, Prof. Lars Peter Hansen describes his academic trajectory and what it was like to win a Nobel Prize
Source: American Public Media
December 12, 2013
Nobel-winning Prof. Lars Peter Hansen says a complicated problem doesn't necessarily need a complicated solution
Source: New York Times
November 19, 2013
Nobel-winning Prof. Lars Peter Hansen describes his research, including his Generalized Method of Moments
Source: Toni Shears, Rob Kozloff
November 8, 2013
UChicago community gathers to discuss research of laureates Fama, Hansen.
By Mary Abowd
October 30, 2013
A panel discussion and celebratory reception honoring 2013 Nobel laureates Eugene F. Fama and Lars Peter Hansen will take place Monday, Nov. 4 at the Reva and David Logan Center...Read more
Source: Chicago Tribune
October 22, 2013
UChicago serves as rigorous, critical training ground for scholars; Prof. Lars Peter Hansen says, 'I don't come to work looking for pats on the back'
Source: Susie Allen
October 18, 2013
Professors cited for groundbreaking economics research.
Source: Agence France-Presse
October 18, 2013
UChicago's unique devotion to research and collaboration has helped it garner multiple Nobel Prizes
Source: Associated Press
October 14, 2013
Source: Chicago Tribune
October 14, 2013
Source: New York Times
October 14, 2013
UChicago scholars Eugene Fama and Lars Peter Hansen honored for 'empirical analysis of asset prices'
By Susie Allen
October 14, 2013
Two UChicago scholars cited for fundamental contributions to analysis of asset prices