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Lars Peter Hansen
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Lars Peter Hansen
@UncertainLars
David Rockefeller Distinguished Professor, University of Chicago and Director of the @MFRProgram github.com/lphansen
Joined January 2019
- Reflection on the tragic loss of a young scholar engaged in promising research in macroeconomics and finance at The University of Chicago: larspeterhansen.org/news/article/h…
- While we want to embrace evidence, the evidence seldom speaks for itself; typically, it requires a modeling or conceptual framework for interpretation. Put another way, economists—and everyone else—need two things to draw a conclusion: data, and some way of making sense of it.New: The downfall (and possible salvation) of expertise. Read Chicago Booth Review's Winter 2010/21 cover story, now online. review.chicagobooth.edu/behavioral-sci…
- My students gave me this really nice gift at the end of my last class lecture today. I guess they missed the extensive discussion of decision theory? :) #EconTwitter
- My paper on “Central Banking Challenges Posed by Uncertain Climate Change and Natural Disasters” is now available online in the Journal of Monetary Economics #EconTwitter #climatechange sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
- Here are my thoughts on the global pandemic and Using Quantitative Models to Guide Policy Amid #COVID19 Uncertainty: bfi.uchicago.edu/wp-content/upl… @BeckerFriedman #EconTwitter
- Excited to announce that the Macro Finance Research (MFR) program has launched the #MFRSuite , a collection of Python modules for conducting analysis in macro-finance. More information and a free download of the software is available here: larspeterhansen.org/mfr-suite/ #econtwitter
- I can’t quite escape the reach of the Rockefellers. They initiated the funding of the University of Chicago, purchased the land that became my favorite vacation spot—Grand Teton National Park—and now I hold the title of David Rockefeller Professor. The second photo is from a
- Check out my most recent essay on "evidence-based policy" and the importance of conceptual frameworks in @chicagoboothrevNew: Purely evidence-based policy doesn’t exist, by Lars Peter Hansen (@UncertainLars) ow.ly/VpG830nEPGa
- Fun time last night at the pub with first year PhD students and friends, but I did not shine at foosball.
- I recently published an introductory essay to a volume of intriguing papers on COVID-19 and its impact on financial markets. You can find my essay on the following link here:
- Sad news yesterday about the passing of a truly special scholar and a long-time colleague of mine, Bob Lucas.
- Often, when economists want to influence policy, they feel the need to assert themselves with great confidence. But there’s a more thoughtful and engaging way for experts to work with policymakers, without overstating their expertise:
- This video interview on the topics of Rational Expectations, Adaptive Learning, and Approaches of Decision Theory Under Uncertainty with laureate Thomas J. Sargent, NYU, was generated as part of the MFR Program's project on Behavioral Implications of Uncertainty in MacroeconomicsRobustness in Economics and Econometrics: a @BeckerFriedman Interview with @NYUStern's Tom Sargent - ow.ly/wH5P50v5i2i
