Jon Danielsson
Jón Danielsson (born 17. October 1963) is an icelandic economist teaching at the London School of Economics. Danielssons work focuses on artificial intelligence, risk forecasting, international finance, cryptocurrencies, and systemic causes of financial instability. He has written several books on finance and risk analysis, and is active in both domestic and international policy debates on financial regualtion.
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| Occupation | Economist |
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| Alma mater | Duke University (PhD) |
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| Discipline | Financial economics, risk analysis |
| Institutions | London School of Economics (1997–present) |
Danielsson received his PhD in economics from Duke University in 1991, and began working at the LSE in 1997. He has also spent time at the Bank of Japan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In 2012, he was named director of the LSE's Systemic Risk Centre (SRC), which conducts research on financial crises and risk as well as financial regulation.