Lars Peter Hansen

Economics American 1952 99 quotes

A Nobel laureate recognized for his empirical analysis of asset prices and the generalized method of moments.

Quotes by Lars Peter Hansen

We should always be critical of our models and constantly seek to improve them.

Nobel Prize Lecture 2013

The generalized method of moments has provided a common language for empirical researchers across different fields of economics.

Nobel Prize Lecture 2013

Robust policies are those that perform reasonably well under a variety of plausible model specifications.

Robustness 2001

The challenge is to incorporate realistic forms of uncertainty into our economic models.

Journal of Political Economy 2007

The GMM is a powerful tool for estimating parameters and testing hypotheses in dynamic economic models.

Econometrica 1982

Econometrics is an art as much as it is a science.

Nobel Prize Interview 2013

The robust control framework allows us to quantify the trade-off between optimality and robustness.

Robustness 2001

We need to be mindful of the assumptions we make when building economic models.

Nobel Prize Lecture 2013

The generalized method of moments has provided a rigorous foundation for much of modern empirical economics.

Nobel Prize Lecture 2013

Uncertainty is a fundamental aspect of economic decision-making, and we must account for it.

Journal of Political Economy 2007

The rational expectations revolution has fundamentally altered how we think about economic policy.

Speech 1980

In econometrics, the generalized method of moments provides a flexible framework for estimation under uncertainty.

Paper 1982

Economic models must account for the incomplete information that agents face in real life.

Nobel Lecture 2013

Robustness in decision-making is key when facing model uncertainty.

Book 2007

The interplay between theory and data is the essence of modern economics.

Interview 1990

Time series analysis reveals the hidden structures in economic fluctuations.

Academic Paper 1975

Policy makers should beware of overconfidence in their forecasts.

Speech 2005

Asset pricing under uncertainty demands a deep understanding of risk.

Journal Article 1985

Economics is not just about numbers; it's about human behavior.

Interview 2010

The Nobel Prize is a recognition of collaborative efforts in the field.

Acceptance Speech 2013