Christopher A. Sims
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. Together with Thomas Sargent, he won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2011. The award cited their "empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy".
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Sims in 2011 | |
| Born | Christopher Albert Sims October 21, 1942 Washington, D.C. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Harvard University (AB, PhD) |
| Academic career | |
| Institution | Princeton University Yale University University of Minnesota Harvard University |
| Field | Macroeconomics Econometrics Time series |
| Doctoral advisor | Hendrik S. Houthakker |
| Doctoral students | Lars Peter Hansen Harald Uhlig |
| Contributions | Use of vector autoregression |
| Awards | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2011) |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
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