Jon Danielsson

Jón Danielsson is an economist working as professor of finance (reader) at the London School of Economics. His work focuses on financial stability, financial risk forecasting, financial regulation, international finance and systemic causes of financial instability. Danielsson has also written on cryptocurrencies and artificial intelligence, and more generally the consequences of novel technologies for the financial system. Danielsson is the author of several books on finance and risk analysis, and is active in both domestic and international policy debates on financial regualtion.

Toghether with Hyun Song Shin he is credited with coining the term endogenous risk. Danielsson claims such risks are at cause of most financial crises.

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.