Christopher A. Sims | |
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Born | Christopher Albert Sims October 21, 1942 |
Nationality | United States |
Institution | Princeton University Yale University University of Minnesota Harvard University |
Field | Macroeconomics Econometrics Time series |
Alma mater | Harvard University (AB, PhD) |
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 |
Christopher Albert "Chris" 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 J. Sargent, he won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2011.[3]