Thomas J. Sargent and Christopher A. Sims Win Nobel for Economics
Americans Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims won the Nobel economics prize on
Monday “for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy,”
the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.
The prize committee said the winners developed methods for answering questions
such as how economic growth and inflation are affected by a temporary increase
in the interest rate or a tax cut. Mr. Sargent and Mr. Sims — both 68 — carried
out their research independently in the 1970s and ’80s.
“Today, the methods developed by Sargent and Sims are essential tools in
macroeconomic analysis,” the citation said.
Sargent is a professor at New York University, and Sims is a professor at
Princeton University.
The economics prize capped this year’s Nobel announcements. The awards will be
handed out on Dec. 10 — the anniversary of prize founder Alfred Nobel’s death.
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