Christopher A. Sims | |
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 Sims in 2011 | |
| Born | Christopher Albert Sims October 21, 1942 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Harvard University (AB, PhD) |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Macroeconomics Econometrics Time series |
| Institution | Princeton University Yale University University of Minnesota Harvard University |
| Doctoral advisor | Hendrik S. Houthakker |
| Doctoral students | Lars Peter Hansen Harald Uhlig[1] |
| Contributions | Use of vector autoregression |
| Awards | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2011) |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | The dynamics of productivity change: a theoretical and empirical study (1968) |
Christopher Albert Sims (born October 21, 1942) is an American econometrician and macroeconomist. He is currently the John J.F. Sherrerd '52 University Professor of Economics at Princeton University.[2] Together with Thomas Sargent, he won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2011.[3] The award cited their "empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy".[4]
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- ^ "Christopher A Sims". Thomson Reuters website. Archived from the original on October 17, 2011. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
- ^ "Nobel prize for economics awarded to two Americans". BBC News website. October 10, 2011. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
- ^ "The Prize in Economic Sciences 2011". Nobelprize.org. December 10, 2008. Retrieved October 10, 2011.