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Christopher A. Sims

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Also known as Christopher Albert "Chris" Sims, Christopher Albert Sims

American econometrician and macroeconomist (1942-2026)

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Born
1942
Died
2026
Works
9

Top works

  • The dynamics of productivity change
  • Methods for inference in large multiple-equation Markov-switching models
  • MCMC method for Markov mixture simultaneous-equation models
  • Were there regime switches in U.S. monetary policy?
  • Advances in Econometrics

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Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States

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Born
Christopher Albert Sims , ( 1942-10-21 ) October 21, 1942, Washington, D.C. , U.S.
Died
March 14, 2026 (2026-03-14) (aged 83), Minneapolis , Minnesota, U.S.
Education
Harvard University ( AB , PhD )
Thesis
The dynamics of productivity change: a theoretical and empirical study (1968)
Doctoral advisor
Hendrik S. Houthakker
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
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

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date of birth
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Christopher A. Sims
date of death
2026-03-14
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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".

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