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Christopher A. Sims
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American econometrician and macroeconomist (1942-2026)
Key facts
- 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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Nobel Prize
- The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel2011
“for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Christopher
- Family name
- Sims
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Washington, D.C.
- Place of death
- Minneapolis
- Occupation
- professor
- Employer
- University of Minnesota
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- vector autoregression
- Doctoral advisor
- Hendrik S. Houthakker
- Field of work
- economics
- Image
- Nobel Prize 2011-Press Conference KVA-DSC 7720.jpg
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- Econometric Society
- Commons category
- Christopher A. Sims
- date of birth
- 1942-10-21
- name in native language
- Christopher A. Sims
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- interested in
- economics
- date of death
- 2026-03-14
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Encyclopedic overview
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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