Lars Peter Hansen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Lars Peter Hansen

American economist

Date of Birth: 26-Oct-1952

Place of Birth: Champaign, Illinois, United States

Profession: economist, pedagogue, university teacher, statistician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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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 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.