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Lars Peter Hansen

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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 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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lars Peter Hansen is the 203rd most popular economist (down from 174th in 2019), the 3,673rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,652nd in 2019) and the 66th most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Lars Peter Hansen ranks 203 out of 414. Before him are John Bates Clark, Pierre Leroux, Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield, Lujo Brentano, Joan Robinson, and Alvin Hansen. After him are Gustave de Molinari, Israel Kirzner, Paul Milgrom, Paul Douglas, Alvin E. Roth, and Raúl Prebisch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Lars Peter Hansen ranks 176. Before him are David Byrne, Dalia Itzik, Ahmed Nazif, Ahmed Ouyahia, Ian Hill, and Sergei Stepashin. After him are Sergio Marchionne, Jung Chang, Sarah Douglas, Ali Abdullah Ayyoub, Samir Geagea, and Freddy Maertens.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lars Peter Hansen ranks 3,673 out of 20,380. Before him are Lauren Graham (1967), Bruce Nauman (1941), Louise Arner Boyd (1887), Emmylou Harris (1947), Frank Welker (1946), and Bill Walker (1951). After him are Gilbert Stuart (1755), Albert Ghiorso (1915), Amelia Bloomer (1818), Edith Head (1897), Neil Simon (1927), and Kevin A. Lynch (1918).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Lars Peter Hansen ranks 66. Before him are Jim Rogers (1942), Peter Navarro (1949), Daniel Ellsberg (1931), Benjamin Tucker (1854), John Bates Clark (1847), and Alvin Hansen (1887). After him are Paul Milgrom (1948), Paul Douglas (1892), Alvin E. Roth (1951), Frank Knight (1885), David D. Friedman (1945), and Mancur Olson (1932).

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