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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Economics and Finance 81 258 231 191 167 301 59473

Lars Peter Hansen publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Lars Peter Hansen between 1977 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Lars Peter Hansen published across 49 years, from 1977 to 2025, averaging 7.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 29 publications in 2008. 10 of the 358 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1977 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 29. Peak 29 publications in 2008. 1977: 1 publication 1978: 1 publication 1979: 1 publication 1980: 8 publications 1981: 9 publications 1982: 8 publications 1983: 10 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 2 publications 1986: 6 publications 1987: 6 publications 1988: 7 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 5 publications 1991: 6 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 6 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 8 publications 1997: 5 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 10 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 12 publications 2008: 29 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 14 publications 2011: 19 publications 2012: 13 publications 2013: 23 publications 2014: 13 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 7 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 15 publications 2021: 10 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 8 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 6 publications
1977 2025

358 publications in total across all disciplines

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Lars Peter Hansen: publications per year, 1977 to 2025
Year Publications
1977 1
1978 1
1979 1
1980 8
1981 9
1982 8
1983 10
1984 0
1985 2
1986 6
1987 6
1988 7
1989 4
1990 5
1991 6
1992 3
1993 6
1994 4
1995 4
1996 8
1997 5
1998 3
1999 3
2000 3
2001 3
2002 3
2003 10
2004 5
2005 9
2006 5
2007 12
2008 29
2009 11
2010 14
2011 19
2012 13
2013 23
2014 13
2015 5
2016 7
2017 8
2018 5
2019 4
2020 15
2021 10
2022 4
2023 8
2024 4
2025 6
Total 358
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Lars Peter Hansen publications per year - data summary

  • Lars Peter Hansen, a Economics and Finance scholar from University of Chicago, has 358 publications recorded across 49 years, from 1977 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1977 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2008, with 29 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1977, 1978 and 1979, with 1 publication each.
  • 1 of the 49 years in the span carries no publications at all (1984).
  • The rate of publication averages 7.3 papers per year over the whole span, or 7.5 per year counting only the 48 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 32 publications, 9% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1977-1993: 83 publications (4.9 per year); 1994-2010: 131 publications (7.7 per year); 2011-2025: 144 publications (9.6 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Lars Peter Hansen publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lars Peter Hansen sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 42–46 to 521+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 111. Most scientists, 111, have 137–141 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 297–301 publications, is where this scientist sits. 42–46 publications: 1 scientist 47–51 publications: 12 scientists 52–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–61 publications: 23 scientists 62–66 publications: 32 scientists 67–71 publications: 36 scientists 72–76 publications: 56 scientists 77–81 publications: 57 scientists 82–86 publications: 70 scientists 87–91 publications: 86 scientists 92–96 publications: 72 scientists 97–101 publications: 106 scientists 102–106 publications: 97 scientists 107–111 publications: 96 scientists 112–116 publications: 101 scientists 117–121 publications: 103 scientists 122–126 publications: 102 scientists 127–131 publications: 108 scientists 132–136 publications: 107 scientists 137–141 publications: 111 scientists 142–146 publications: 94 scientists 147–151 publications: 96 scientists 152–156 publications: 100 scientists 157–161 publications: 74 scientists 162–166 publications: 68 scientists 167–171 publications: 91 scientists 172–176 publications: 76 scientists 177–181 publications: 75 scientists 182–186 publications: 61 scientists 187–191 publications: 66 scientists 192–196 publications: 68 scientists 197–201 publications: 71 scientists 202–206 publications: 60 scientists 207–211 publications: 56 scientists 212–216 publications: 44 scientists 217–221 publications: 51 scientists 222–226 publications: 65 scientists 227–231 publications: 48 scientists 232–236 publications: 59 scientists 237–241 publications: 37 scientists 242–246 publications: 37 scientists 247–251 publications: 41 scientists 252–256 publications: 43 scientists 257–261 publications: 33 scientists 262–266 publications: 34 scientists 267–271 publications: 39 scientists 272–276 publications: 25 scientists 277–281 publications: 29 scientists 282–286 publications: 29 scientists 287–291 publications: 26 scientists 292–296 publications: 31 scientists 297–301 publications: 31 scientists 302–306 publications: 24 scientists 307–311 publications: 28 scientists 312–316 publications: 24 scientists 317–321 publications: 13 scientists 322–326 publications: 14 scientists 327–331 publications: 25 scientists 332–336 publications: 18 scientists 337–341 publications: 16 scientists 342–346 publications: 18 scientists 347–351 publications: 15 scientists 352–356 publications: 17 scientists 357–361 publications: 19 scientists 362–366 publications: 16 scientists 367–371 publications: 17 scientists 372–376 publications: 7 scientists 377–381 publications: 18 scientists 382–386 publications: 13 scientists 387–391 publications: 19 scientists 392–396 publications: 9 scientists 397–401 publications: 10 scientists 402–406 publications: 13 scientists 407–411 publications: 13 scientists 412–416 publications: 5 scientists 417–421 publications: 10 scientists 422–426 publications: 6 scientists 427–431 publications: 12 scientists 432–436 publications: 9 scientists 437–441 publications: 9 scientists 442–446 publications: 10 scientists 447–451 publications: 12 scientists 452–456 publications: 8 scientists 457–461 publications: 4 scientists 462–466 publications: 7 scientists 467–471 publications: 4 scientists 472–476 publications: 5 scientists 477–481 publications: 6 scientists 482–486 publications: 7 scientists 487–491 publications: 8 scientists 492–496 publications: 5 scientists 497–501 publications: 4 scientists 502–506 publications: 4 scientists 507–511 publications: 5 scientists 512–516 publications: 7 scientists 517–520 publications: 7 scientists 521+ publications: 99 scientists
42–46 publications 521+

This scientist: 301 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

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Number of Economics and Finance scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,760 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
42–46 1
47–51 12
52–56 7
57–61 23
62–66 32
67–71 36
72–76 56
77–81 57
82–86 70
87–91 86
92–96 72
97–101 106
102–106 97
107–111 96
112–116 101
117–121 103
122–126 102
127–131 108
132–136 107
137–141 111
142–146 94
147–151 96
152–156 100
157–161 74
162–166 68
167–171 91
172–176 76
177–181 75
182–186 61
187–191 66
192–196 68
197–201 71
202–206 60
207–211 56
212–216 44
217–221 51
222–226 65
227–231 48
232–236 59
237–241 37
242–246 37
247–251 41
252–256 43
257–261 33
262–266 34
267–271 39
272–276 25
277–281 29
282–286 29
287–291 26
292–296 31
297–301 31 301
302–306 24
307–311 28
312–316 24
317–321 13
322–326 14
327–331 25
332–336 18
337–341 16
342–346 18
347–351 15
352–356 17
357–361 19
362–366 16
367–371 17
372–376 7
377–381 18
382–386 13
387–391 19
392–396 9
397–401 10
402–406 13
407–411 13
412–416 5
417–421 10
422–426 6
427–431 12
432–436 9
437–441 9
442–446 10
447–451 12
452–456 8
457–461 4
462–466 7
467–471 4
472–476 5
477–481 6
482–486 7
487–491 8
492–496 5
497–501 4
502–506 4
507–511 5
512–516 7
517–520 7
521+ 99
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Lars Peter Hansen publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 3,760 Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 97 ranges running from 42–46 to 521+ publications.
  • Lars Peter Hansen, a Economics and Finance scholar from University of Chicago, records 301 publications - the 84th percentile of the discipline.
  • 84% of ranked Economics and Finance scientists score the same or lower than Lars Peter Hansen, and about 16% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 167–171 publications range, and Lars Peter Hansen ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 137–141 publications, holding 111 scientists (3% of the field).
  • 48% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 162–166 publications), so the distribution leans towards the lower end of the scale.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 521 publications or more, 99 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Lars Peter Hansen D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lars Peter Hansen sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 72 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 101+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 178. Most scientists, 178, have 33 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 81 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 126 scientists 31 D-Index: 147 scientists 32 D-Index: 157 scientists 33 D-Index: 178 scientists 34 D-Index: 171 scientists 35 D-Index: 141 scientists 36 D-Index: 132 scientists 37 D-Index: 129 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 120 scientists 40 D-Index: 117 scientists 41 D-Index: 113 scientists 42 D-Index: 114 scientists 43 D-Index: 97 scientists 44 D-Index: 115 scientists 45 D-Index: 86 scientists 46 D-Index: 78 scientists 47 D-Index: 83 scientists 48 D-Index: 62 scientists 49 D-Index: 74 scientists 50 D-Index: 50 scientists 51 D-Index: 66 scientists 52 D-Index: 69 scientists 53 D-Index: 55 scientists 54 D-Index: 67 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 62 scientists 57 D-Index: 45 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 47 scientists 60 D-Index: 46 scientists 61 D-Index: 36 scientists 62 D-Index: 37 scientists 63 D-Index: 56 scientists 64 D-Index: 50 scientists 65 D-Index: 32 scientists 66 D-Index: 28 scientists 67 D-Index: 30 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 25 scientists 70 D-Index: 22 scientists 71 D-Index: 21 scientists 72 D-Index: 26 scientists 73 D-Index: 24 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 12 scientists 76 D-Index: 14 scientists 77 D-Index: 15 scientists 78 D-Index: 15 scientists 79 D-Index: 17 scientists 80 D-Index: 17 scientists 81 D-Index: 11 scientists 82 D-Index: 10 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 11 scientists 85 D-Index: 5 scientists 86 D-Index: 9 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 9 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 6 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 8 scientists 93 D-Index: 10 scientists 94 D-Index: 11 scientists 95 D-Index: 6 scientists 96 D-Index: 4 scientists 97 D-Index: 4 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100 D-Index: 8 scientists 101+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Economics and Finance scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,760 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 126
31 147
32 157
33 178
34 171
35 141
36 132
37 129
38 130
39 120
40 117
41 113
42 114
43 97
44 115
45 86
46 78
47 83
48 62
49 74
50 50
51 66
52 69
53 55
54 67
55 61
56 62
57 45
58 34
59 47
60 46
61 36
62 37
63 56
64 50
65 32
66 28
67 30
68 24
69 25
70 22
71 21
72 26
73 24
74 23
75 12
76 14
77 15
78 15
79 17
80 17
81 11 81
82 10
83 16
84 11
85 5
86 9
87 13
88 9
89 7
90 6
91 4
92 8
93 10
94 11
95 6
96 4
97 4
98 6
99 6
100 8
101+ 100
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Lars Peter Hansen D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 3,760 Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 72 ranges running from 30 to 101+ D-Index.
  • Lars Peter Hansen, a Economics and Finance scholar from University of Chicago, records 81 D-Index - the 93rd percentile of the discipline.
  • 93% of ranked Economics and Finance scientists score the same or lower than Lars Peter Hansen, and about 7% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 44 D-Index range, and Lars Peter Hansen ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 33 D-Index, holding 178 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 59% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 47 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more, 100 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Nobel Memorial Prize laureates in Economics for their empirical analysis of asset prices.
  • 2013 - Nobel Prize for their empirical analysis of asset prices
  • 2010 - BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Finance Association (AFA)
  • 1999 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1996 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1993 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Lars Peter Hansen is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily spans economics, econometrics, and finance, with a focus on subfields such as economics and econometrics, global and planetary change, finance, general decision sciences, and general economics, econometrics and finance. The main themes addressed in their work include climate change policy and economics, market dynamics and volatility, monetary policy and economic impact, economic and environmental valuation, decision-making and behavioral economics, financial markets and investment strategies, and housing market and economics.

Recent publications by Hansen include the following papers:

  • "Rational policymaking during a pandemic," 2021, published in LillOA (Université de Lille (University Of Lille))
  • "Central banking challenges posed by uncertain climate change and natural disasters," 2021, published in Journal of Monetary Economics
  • "Climate Change Uncertainty Spillover in the Macroeconomy," 2022, published in NBER Macroeconomics Annual
  • "Central Banking Challenges Posed by Uncertain Climate Change and Natural Disasters," 2021, published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Macroeconomic uncertainty prices when beliefs are tenuous," 2020, published in Journal of Econometrics

Frequent coauthors in the scientist's body of work include:

  • Michael Barnett
  • William A. Brock
  • José Scheinkman
  • Mássimo Marinacci
  • Loïc Berger

Publication venues where this researcher has contributed multiple works include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Econometrics
  • LillOA (Université de Lille (University Of Lille))
  • Journal of Monetary Economics

In addition to journal articles, this scientist has published books, including a work with the University of Minnesota Press titled A Monetary and Fiscal History of Latin America, 1960-2017, released in 2020.

Their research has been recognized with several awards over the years, such as the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 2013 for empirical analysis of asset prices, the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in 2010, fellowship honors from the American Finance Association in 2007, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1996, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1993, and membership in the National Academy of Sciences since 1999.

Best Publications

  • LARGE SAMPLE PROPERTIES OF GENERALIZED METHOD OF MOMENTS ESTIMATORS

    Lars Peter Hansen

  • Generalized Instrumental Variables Estimation of Nonlinear Rational Expectations Models

    Lars Peter Hansen;Kenneth J. Singleton

  • Forward Exchange Rates as Optimal Predictors of Future Spot Rates: An Econometric Analysis

    Lars Peter Hansen;Robert J. Hodrick

  • Implications of Security Market Data for Models of Dynamic Economies

    Lars Peter Hansen;Ravi Jagannathan

  • Stochastic Consumption, Risk Aversion, and the Temporal Behavior of Asset Returns

    Lars Peter Hansen;Kenneth J. Singleton

  • Finite sample properties of some alternative GMM estimators

    Lars Peter Hansen;John Heaton;Amir Yaron

  • Robust Control and Model Uncertainty

    Lars Peter Hansen;Thomas J Sargent

  • FORMULATING AND ESTIMATING DYNAMIC LINEAR RATIONAL EXPECTATIONS MODELS

    Lars Peter Hansen;Thomas J. Sargent

  • THE ROLE OF CONDITIONING INFORMATION IN DEDUCING TESTABLE RESTRICTIONS IMPLIED BY DYNAMIC ASSET PRICING MODELS1

    Lars Peter Hansen;ScoTr F. Richard

  • Assessing Specification Errors in Stochastic Discount Factor Models

    Lars Peter Hansen;Ravi Jagannathan

  • Consumption Strikes Back? Measuring Long‐Run Risk

    Lars Peter Hansen;John C. Heaton;Nan Li

  • Back to the Future: Generating Moment Implications for Continuous-Time Markov Processes

    Lars Peter Hansen;Jose Alexandre Scheinkman

  • A Time Series Analysis of Representative Agent Models of Consumption andLeisure Choice Under Uncertainty

    Martin S. Eichenbaum;Lars Peter Hansen;Kenneth J. Singleton

  • Micro data and general equilibrium models

    Martin Browning;Lars Peter Hansen;James J. Heckman

  • Evolution, Discovery, and Interpretations of Arthropod Mushroom Bodies

    Nicholas J. Strausfeld;Lars Hansen;Yongsheng Li;Robert S. Gomez

  • A QUARTET OF SEMIGROUPS FOR MODEL SPECIFICATION, ROBUSTNESS, PRICES OF RISK, AND MODEL DETECTION

    Evan W. Anderson;Lars Peter Hansen;Thomas J. Sargent

  • Micro data and general equilibrium models

    Martin Browning;L Hansen;James Heckman

  • Asset Pricing Explorations for Macroeconomics

    John Cochrane;Lars Hansen

  • Long-term Risk: An Operator Approach

    Lars Hansen;Jose Scheinkman

  • Robust Permanent Income and Pricing

    Lars Peter Hansen;Thomas J. Sargent;Thomas D. Tallarini

  • The Empirical Foundations of Calibration

    Lars Peter Hansen;James J. Heckman

  • Asset Pricing Explorations for Macroeconomics

    John H. Cochrane;Lars Peter Hansen

  • Implications of Security Market Data for Models of Dynamic Economies

    Lars Peter Hansen;Lars Peter Hansen;Ravi Jagannathan

  • Implications of security market data for models of dynamic economies

    Lars Peter Hansen;Ravi Jagannathan

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas J. Sargent
Thomas J. Sargent New York University
Jose A. Scheinkman
Jose A. Scheinkman Columbia University
Mathias Dewatripont
Mathias Dewatripont Université Libre de Bruxelles
Stephen J. Turnovsky
Stephen J. Turnovsky University of Washington
Kenneth J. Singleton
Kenneth J. Singleton Stanford University
Massimo Marinacci
Massimo Marinacci Bocconi University
Martin Eichenbaum
Martin Eichenbaum Northwestern University
Itzhak Gilboa
Itzhak Gilboa Tel Aviv University
Richard Smith
Richard Smith University of Exeter
William A. Brock
William A. Brock University of Wisconsin–Madison

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