Christopher A. Sims
Christopher A. Sims | |
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Sims in 2011 | |
| Born | Christopher Albert Sims October 21, 1942 |
| Died | March 14, 2026 (aged 83) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Harvard University (AB, PhD) |
| Thesis | The dynamics of productivity change: a theoretical and empirical study (1968) |
| Doctoral advisor | Hendrik S. Houthakker |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Macroeconomics Econometrics Time series |
| Institutions | Princeton University Yale University University of Minnesota Harvard University |
| Doctoral students | Lars Peter Hansen Harald Uhlig |
| Notable ideas | Use of vector autoregression |
| Awards | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2011) |
| Website | |
Christopher Albert Sims (October 21, 1942 – March 14, 2026) was an American econometrician and macroeconomist. He was 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".