 LARS HANSEN
Homer J. Livingston Distinguished Service
Professor of EconomicsLars Hansen has been published in numerous journals,
most recently "Beliefs, Doubts and Learning," "Robust Estimation and
Control Without Commitment" with T. J. Sargent, "Consumption Strikes Back?:
Measuring Long Run Risk" with J.C. Heaton and N. Li, "Long Term Risk: an
Operator Approach" with J. Scheinkman. He co-authored the book Robustness.
He is the recipient of the 2006 Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics from Northwestern
University, a Faculty Award for Excellence in graduate teaching from the University of
Chicago, and co-winner of the Frisch Medal from the Econometric Society. He is on the
thesis committee for numerous students.
He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and American Academy of Arts and
Sciences, a fellow of the Econometric Society, and an NORC Research Associate for the
Economics Research Center. Hansen is a former John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Fellow and Sloan Foundation Fellow. He is also the former director of graduate studies and
chairman of the University of Chicago's Department of Economics. He has also taught at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, and Stanford University.
Hansen earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Utah State University and a PhD in
economics from the University of Minnesota. |
