Lars Peter Hansen, Nobel Prize in Economics 2013

Biographical Summary:

"...Lars Peter Hansen (born October 26, 1952) is the David Rockefeller Distinguished Service Professor of economics at the University of Chicago. Best known for his work on the Generalized Method of Moments, he is also a distinguished macroeconomist, focusing on the linkages between the financial and real sectors of the economy. In 2013, it was announced that he would be awarded the The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel - Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, jointly with Robert J. Shiller and Eugene Fama..."

"...After graduating from Utah State University (B.S. Mathematics, Political Science, 1974) and the University of Minnesota (Ph.D. Economics, 1978) he served as assistant and associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University before moving to the University of Chicago in 1981. He is currently the David Rockefeller Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, Statistics and the College at the University of Chicago. He has two brothers, Ted Howard Hansen, an immunologist at Washington University in St. Louis and Roger Hansen, an engineer in water resource management. His father, Roger Gaurth Hansen, served as provost of Utah State University and was a professor of biochemistry..."

SOURCE: Wikipedia contributors, 'Lars Peter Hansen', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2 November 2013, 22:24 UTC, <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lars_Peter_Hansen&oldid=5...> [accessed 5 November 2013]

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