Christopher Sims — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2011, shared with Thomas Sargent, for empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy.
Currently serves as the John J.F. Sherrerd '52 University Professor of Economics at Princeton University.
Served as a faculty member in the department of economics at the University of Minnesota for 20 years (1970–90).
A main promoter of vector autoregression in empirical macroeconomics and an advocate for Bayesian statistics in economic policy.
Helped develop the fiscal theory of the price level and the theory of rational inattention.
Served as president of the Econometric Society (1995) and the American Economic Association (2012).
Earned his PhD in economics from Harvard University in 1968.

Biography

Christopher A. Sims is an American econometrician and macroeconomist, recognized for his significant contributions to the field. He currently holds the position of John J.F. Sherrerd '52 University Professor of Economics at Princeton University. In 2011, he was jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Thomas Sargent for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy.

Born in Washington, D.C., Sims earned his A.B.