Hansen Explores “Curse of the Top 5”
A provocative panel at the 2017 American Economic Association meeting, featuring Professor Hansen and other senior scholars, explored the oversized role that a handful of economics journals plays in...
Hansen Joins Laureates in Signing Letter in Support of Precision Agriculture (GMOs)
Lars Peter Hansen joined more than 100 fellow Nobel laureates in signing a letter calling on Greenpeace to stop its opposition to the improvement of crops and food through biotechnology, a process...
Hansen Receives Honorary Degree from Colby College
In May 2016, Professor Lars Peter Hansen was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Colby College. The honor was presented at Colby's 195th Commencement Ceremony on their campus in...
New Entry for Hansen in Dictionary of Economics
Esther-Mirjam Sent authored a new entry for The New Palgrave Dicitonary of Economics about the work of Lars Peter Hansen. She identifies five phases to his work: Generalised Method of Moments...
“Incertitudes,” French Documentary about Hansen Released
Professor Hansen was the subject of a video documentary by Histoires Courtes, a French series of non-fiction films featuring monologues by scientists discussing their approach to inquiry. The film...
Interview with Lars Peter Hansen
In December 2015, the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis's quarterly "The Region" interviewed Professor Hansen at length. Their conversation explored his work in the generalized method of moments...
On Hubris and Humility: Conversation with Charles Plosser
Central banks can’t solve all our economic problems and should maintain a narrow scope, focusing on what the tools of monetary policy can do well, according to Charles Plosser, former president of...
Addressing the Uncertainty Behind Economic Policy: Conversation with Charles Evans
Explaining the thinking behind policy for a standing-room only audience of about 150, the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank president said analysis is followed by a key caveat: “I could be wrong about...
Hansen Shares Views with Audiences in Asia
Becker Friedman Institute Research Director Lars Peter Hansen gave eight talks at six universities in four Asian cities during two weeks in June, speaking to varied audiences on uncertainty,...
On Asset Pricing, Market Efficiency and Bubbles: Hansen’s Answers
On January 4, 2014, the American Financial Association (AFA) hosted a panel discussion with 2013 Nobel laureates. AFA President Luigi Zingales, the panel moderator, posed questions about connections...
The Road to Stockholm
The 2013 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was awarded jointly to Eugene F. Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert J. Shiller for their empirical analysis of...
Big Challenges and Big Ideas As Seen By 2013 Nobel Laureates
Can the transmission of signals between neurons be sped up? Is the long economic slump the new normal, or are markets still efficient? What advice can guide policymakers trying to prevent future...