Lars Peter Hansen

Lars Peter Hansen is the David Rockefeller Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, Statistics, and the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota (1978) and a B.S. in Mathematics & Political Science from Utah State University (1974). His research focuses on econometrics, asset pricing, and macroeconomic uncertainty, with groundbreaking contributions like the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM). He directs the Macro Finance Research Program (MFR) under the Becker Friedman Institute and co-leads the Macro Financial Modeling Project (MFM).

Key roles include past chairmanship of the University of Chicago Department of Economics and presidency of the Econometric Society. Hansen's honors include the 2013 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2010), and Nemmers Prize (2006). His work addresses uncertainty in financial markets, climate policy, and long-run economic risks.

He advises on climate finance, central banking, and systemic risk through affiliations like the Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research. His research bridges macroeconomics, finance, and statistics, emphasizing robust decision-making under uncertainty.