Gary Duane Hansen (born c. 1958) is an American

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. He is known for creating the theory of indivisible labor, as part of this doctoral thesis at the

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. Hansen graduated from the

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in 1980 and received his doctorate from the University of Minnesota, under supervision of

Edward Prescott Edward Christian Prescott (December 26, 1940 – November 6, 2022) was an American economist. He received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 2004, sharing the award with Finn E. Kydland, "for their contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: ...

, in 1986.

Selected publications

*"Fiscal Reform and Government Debt in Japan: A Neoclassical Perspective" *"Health Insurance Reform: The Impact of a Medicare Buy-In" (with Minchung Hsu and Junsang Lee) *"Business Cycle Fluctuations and the Life Cycle: How Important is On-the-Job Skill Accumulation??" with Selahattin Imrohoroglu *"Consumption over the Life Cycle: The Role of Annuities" (with Selo Imrohoroglu) *"Why Have Business Cycle Fluctuations Become Less Volatile?" (with Andres Arias and Lee E. Ohanian)

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Official webpage
American macroeconomists 21st-century American economists 1950s births Living people University of Minnesota alumni University of California, Los Angeles faculty Year of birth missing (living people) {{economist-stub