Lars Peter Hansen

American economist · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1952 · age 74

Lars Peter Hansen is an American economist. He is the David Rockefeller Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, Statistics, and the Booth School of Business, at the University of Chicago and a 2013 recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics.

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2013“I view the work I've done related to statistics and economics as roughly speaking, how to do something without having to do everything.”In their wordsIn: David Brancaccio (2013) "Nobel Prize in Economics winner Lars Peter Hansen on imperfect models" at marketplace.org.Read the whole statement

Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred NobelAward2010BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge AwardAward2008Clarivate Citation LaureatesAward2006Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in EconomicsAward1984Fellow of the Econometric SocietyAwardFrisch MedalAward1952Born26 October 1952

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