Christopher A. Sims
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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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Born | Christopher Albert Sims (1942-10-21) October 21, 1942 (age 81) |
Nationality | American |
Education | Harvard University (AB, PhD) |
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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[1] |
Contributions | Use of vector autoregression |
Awards | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2011) |
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Academic background | |
Thesis | The dynamics of productivity change: a theoretical and empirical study (1968) |
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