Christopher A. Sims
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Christopher A. Sims receiving his Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2011.
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Christopher A. Sims after receiving his Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2011.
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Christopher A. Sims arrives at the Nobel Banquet accompanied by Princess Christina Mrs Magnuson.
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Christopher A. Sims and Princess Christina Mrs Magnuson at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2011.
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5 (of 17) Eleven of the thirteen 2011 Nobel Laureates assembled for a group photo during their visit to the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, 12 December 2011. Back row, left to right: Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Tawakkol Karman and Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Laureates in Physics Brian P. Schmidt, Saul Perlmutter and Adam G. Riess, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Dan Shechtman and Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Bruce A. Beutler. Front row, left to right: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Laureate in Economic Sciences Christopher A. Sims, Nobel Laureate in Literature Tomas Tranströmer and Laureate in Economic Sciences Thomas J. Sargent.
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Thomas J. Sargent and Christopher A. Sims before delivering their Prize Lectures on 8 December 2011, at Aula Magna, Stockholm University.
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Christopher A. Sims delivering his Prize Lecture on 8 December 2011, at Aula Magna, Stockholm University.
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8 (of 17) Like many Laureates before him, Christopher A. Sims autographs a chair at Bistro Nobel at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2011.
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9 (of 17) Christopher A. Sims with his two-year-old grandson Benjamin at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2011.
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10 (of 17) Christopher A. Sims presenting his gift to the Nobel Prize Museum's collection when visiting Stockholm, Sweden, on 14 June 2022: a book containing a collection of lectures that his grandfather delivered at Columbia University.
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11 (of 17) Portrait of Christopher A. Sims, 2011 Laureate in Economic Sciences.
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12 (of 17) Christopher A. Sims addresses the audience at a news conference at Princeton University after the announcement of the 2011 Prize in Economic Sciences.
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13 (of 17) Princeton University economist Christopher A. Sims (left) enjoys a laugh during a news conference with his co-Laureate Thomas J. Sargent, a New York University economist who is a visiting professor at Princeton this fall.
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14 (of 17) From left, Mark Watson, acting chair of Princeton University's economics department, salutes Thomas J. Sargent and Christopher A. Sims at a reception honoring their 2011 Prize in Economic Sciences.
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15 (of 17) Christopher A. Sims meets students at a reception honoring their 2011 Prize in Economic Sciences.
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16 (of 17) Following the afternoon news conference and a celebratory reception honoring their 2011 Laureates in Economic Sciences, Thomas J. Sargent and Christopher A. Sims headed to co-teach a graduate course on advanced macroeconomic theory. Here, Christopher A. Sims sits behind the students and joins them in taking notes on the topic of Thomas J. Sargent's lesson; the two professors share duties of leading class lectures and discussions.
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17 (of 17) Christopher A. Sims leads a session of his undergraduate course on 'Money and Banking' on 10 October 2011, just a few hours after learning that he was awarded the 2011 Prize in Economic Sciences.
Photo: Denise Applewhite, Princeton University, Office of Communications
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