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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Economics (81) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 2010s (106) 2011 (13) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1940s (122) 1942 (11) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth North America (290) United States (268) Middle Atlantic states (45) District of Columbia (7) Washington (7) 18. Living Winners 18. Living Winners Alive (292) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name A-D (182) C (45) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name S-Z (212) S (103) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name A-D (94) C (27) Christopher (2) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 70 - 79 (179) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Social Scientists and Related Workers (87) Economists (76) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens North America (328) United States (307) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University North America (309) United States (303) Middle Atlantic states (33) New Jersey (16) Princeton (14) Princeton University (14) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University North America (529) United States (521) Middle Atlantic states (178) New Jersey (70) Princeton (65) Princeton University (65) Long-term academic staff (25) Midwestern states (201) Minnesota (29) Minneapolis (29) University of Minnesota (29) Long-term academic staff (14) Northeastern states (374) Connecticut (61) New Haven (61) Yale University (61) Long-term academic staff (28) Short-term academic staff (23) Massachusetts (226) Cambridge (217) Harvard (159) Alumni (77) Long-term academic staff (53) Short-term academic staff (75) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (93) Short-term academic staff (38) Western states (262) California (253) University of California (159) Berkeley (107) University of California, Berkeley (107) Alumni (34) 43. Affilliation with Secondary School 43. Affilliation with Secondary School North America (80) United States (78) Northeastern states (46) Connecticut (1) Greenwich (1) Greenwich High School (1) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) E-P (571) N (352) National Academy of Sciences (334) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards E-F (439) F (394) Fellow of the Econometric Society (72) complete name: Christopher Sims nobel prize: economics award year: 2011 together with: Thomas J. Sargent prize share: Prize share: 1/2 rational: The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2011 was awarded jointly to Thomas J. Sargent and Christopher A. Sims "for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts given name: Christopher family name: Sims occupation: professor occupation: economist occupation: university teacher occupation: statistician field of work: economics work location: Princeton University, 1 Nassau Hall, Princeton, NJ, 08544-0070, United States of America notable work: Vector autoregression description: Christopher Sims is an American econometrician and macroeconomist. He is currently 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". image copyright: © The Nobel Foundation. Photo: U. Montan image citation: The Prize in Economic Sciences 2011. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2011/summary/> date birth: 1942 usual name: Christopher Sims