Princeton Lectures

MFI Director Lars Peter Hansen recently delivered the 2010 Princeton Lectures in Finance at the Bendheim Center for Finance.

This annual lecture series invites a leading figure in the field of finance to deliver a set of lectures at Princeton on a topic of major significance to researchers and professionals. Hansen, the David Rockefeller Distinguished Service Professor ,is an internationally known leader in economic dynamics, particularly in models in which decision makers face uncertain environments.

Hansen's theme for the series was “Exploring Links Between Asset Pricing and Macroeconomic Modeling.” He presented three talks:

• Nov. 30: “Recursive Valuation and Sentiments”
• Dec. 1: “Examining Macroeconomic Models with Finance Constraints through the Lens
  of Asset Pricing”
• Dec. 2: “Learning Dynamics and the Fragile Price of Uncertainty”

The lectures will be published as a Princeton University Press book.