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André Lucas (1969) obtained his PhD graduated in econometrics from Erasmus University Rotterdam (1996) and then joined Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, where he is now full professor in Financial Econometrics. He has been a director of graduate studies for finance at Tinbergen Institute, program director of Risk Management at Duisenberg school of finance, program director of the MSc Finance program at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and vice dean of research and member of the faculty board at the School of Business and Economics, and head of department of Econometrics and Data Science (formerly Econometrics and OR).
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Research
Research interests: financial econometrics, risk, asset management.
In his research, André focuses particularly on model instability and time-variation of model parameters, particularly when applied to financial modeling and risk. For this, he and his co-authors have developed the class of generalized autoregressive score models (http://gasmodel.com) for which he obtained the prestigious VICI grant of NWO (2010-2015). He also participated as one of the principal investigators in the EU funded network on systemic risk tomography (2013-2016).
His PhD students were placed at (first placements) for instance: FED Boston, ECB, Riksbank, Gothenberg University, University of Sydney, Smurfit Business School Dublin, Dutch Central Bank.
Teaching
Financial Econometrics; Statistics; Thesis supervision.
Programs:
MSc Econometrics and Operations Research
MSc Finance, Duisenberg Quantitative Risk Management honours programme
MPhil Tinbergen Institute / Business Data Science
Pre-master Accountancy
Executive Education: Executive MBA, International MBA, Business Analysiscs & Data Science progam, Certified Public Controllers program
BSc Bedrijfskunde
BSc International Business Administration
Ancillary activities
No ancillary activities
Ancillary activities are updated daily
User created Keywords
- Financial econometrics
- Time series
- Statistics
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 4 Quality Education
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SDG 13 Climate Action
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Hoog-dimensionale dynamische copula's voor financiële crises
Lucas, A. & Gubbels, K., Dec 2025, In: De Actuaris. 33, 2, p. 32-33 2 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Professional
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Testing for the Absence of Score-Driven Parameter Dynamics
Lin, Y. & Lucas, A., 24 Oct 2025, Tinbergen Institute, (TI Discussion Paper Series; no. 25-063/III).Research output: Working paper / Preprint › Working paper › Professional
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An Impartial Look at Asset Correlation Stability and Market Structure
Wijler, E. & Lucas, A., 19 Sept 2025, Tinbergen Institute, (TI Discussion Paper Series; no. 25-051/III).Research output: Working paper / Preprint › Working paper › Professional
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Conditional Fat Tails and Scale Dynamics for Intraday Discrete Price Changes
Schoemaker, D., Lucas, A. & Opschoor, A., 26 Jun 2025, Tinbergen Institute, (TI Discussion Paper Series; no. 25-039/III).Research output: Working paper / Preprint › Working paper › Professional
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Measuring and Explaining the CDS-Bond Basis Term-Structure Shape and Dynamics
Lucas, A., Seeger, N. J. & Khanna, Y., 30 May 2025, Tinbergen Institute, (TI Discussion Paper Series; no. 25-037/III).Research output: Working paper / Preprint › Working paper › Professional
Courses
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NWO-Open Competition-M grant: The best of both worlds: model specification and inference in hybrid machine learning econometric models
Lucas, A. (Principal Investigator)
9/01/26 → 8/01/30
Project: Research
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Systemic Financial Risk Measurement
Lucas, A. (Principal Investigator), Siegmann, A. (Project Researcher), Schaumburg, J. (Project Researcher), Zamojski, M. (Project Researcher) & Lit, R. (Project Researcher)
1/03/13 → 1/03/16
Project: Research
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Journal of Financial Econometrics (Journal)
Lucas, A. (Associate editor)
2019 → 2025Activity: Peer review and Editorial work › Editorial work › Academic
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Journal of Credit Risk (Journal)
Lucas, A. (Member of editorial board)
2015 → 2018Activity: Peer review and Editorial work › Editorial work › Academic
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Director of Graduate Studies for MPhil Finance, Tinbergen Institute, Roetersstraat 31, 1018 WB Amsterdam (External organisation)
Lucas, A. (Member)
2009Activity: Membership › Academic
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Director Duisenberg School of Finance, Roetersstraat 33, 1018 WB Amsterdam (External organisation)
Lucas, A. (Member)
2009Activity: Membership › Academic
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Member of European Academic Council of Standard and Poor's (External organisation)
Lucas, A. (Member)
2005Activity: Membership › Academic
Prizes / Grants
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Systemic Risk Tomography
Lucas, A. (Recipient), Koopman, S. J. (Recipient) & Siegmann, A. H. (Recipient), 2013
Prize / Grant: Grant › Academic
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INQUIRE UK collaborative research grant
Lucas, A. (Recipient), Taylor, N. J. (Recipient), van Dijk, D. J. C. (Recipient) & Franses, P. H. (Recipient), 1998
Prize / Grant: Grant › Societal
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INQUIRE UK collaborative research grant
Lucas, A. (Recipient), Siegmann, A. H. (Recipient) & Verbeek, M. J. C. M. (Recipient), 2004
Prize / Grant: Grant › Societal
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NWO Open competition Grant for project: Dynamic clustering for business model identification and financial stability
Lucas, A. (Recipient), 2019
Prize / Grant: Grant › Academic
Datasets
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Closed-Form Multi-Factor Copula Models With Observation-Driven Dynamic Factor Loadings
Opschoor, A. (Creator), Lucas, A. (Creator), Barra, I. (Creator) & van Dijk, D. (Contributor), Taylor&Francis, 2020
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12240584, https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/Closed-Form_Multi-Factor_Copula_Models_with_Observation-Driven_Dynamic_Factor_Loadings/12240584
Dataset / Software: Dataset
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A stochastic recurrence equations approach for score driven correlation models
Blasques, F. (Creator), Lucas, A. (Creator) & Silde, E. (Creator), Figshare, 2016
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.3179869, https://figshare.com/articles/A_stochastic_recurrence_equations_approach_for_score_driven_correlation_models/3179869/1
Dataset / Software: Dataset
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Numerically Accelerated Importance Sampling for Nonlinear Non-Gaussian State Space Models
Koopman, S. J. (Contributor), Lucas, A. (Contributor) & Scharth, M. (Contributor), Unknown, 1 Jan 2015
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1054782.v1, https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Numerically_Accelerated_Importance_Sampling_for_Nonlinear_Non_Gaussian_State_Space_Models_a_href_fn0001_target_blank_a_/1054782/1
Dataset / Software: Dataset
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Numerically Accelerated Importance Sampling for Nonlinear Non-Gaussian State-Space Models
Koopman, S. J. (Contributor), Lucas, A. (Contributor) & Scharth, M. (Contributor), Unknown, 1 Jan 2015
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1054782.v2, https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Numerically_Accelerated_Importance_Sampling_for_Nonlinear_Non_Gaussian_State_Space_Models/1054782/2
Dataset / Software: Dataset
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Closed-Form Multi-Factor Copula Models with Observation-Driven Dynamic Factor Loadings
Opschoor, A. (Contributor), Lucas, A. (Contributor), Barra, I. (Contributor) & Dijk, D. V. (Contributor), Unknown, 1 Jan 2020
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.12240584.v1, https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/Closed-Form_Multi-Factor_Copula_Models_with_Observation-Driven_Dynamic_Factor_Loadings/12240584/1
Dataset / Software: Dataset