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Christopher A. Sims

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Christopher Albert Sims (born October 21, 1942) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christopher A. Sims has received more than 188,031 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Christopher A. Sims is the 133rd most popular economist (up from 144th in 2019), the 1,807th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,965th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular American Economist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Christopher A. Sims ranks 133 out of 414. Before him are Alan Greenspan, George Stigler, John Harsanyi, James Meade, Eugene Fama, and Ernest Mandel. After him are Robert C. Merton, Angus Deaton, W. Arthur Lewis, Clive Granger, James Mirrlees, and Robert Fogel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Christopher A. Sims ranks 136. Before him are Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Evaristo Carvalho, Geneviève Bujold, Robert H. Grubbs, Muslim Magomayev, and Vasily Alekseyev. After him are Silvia Federici, Gottfried John, Carole King, John McLaughlin, Tasuku Honjo, and Janusz Korwin-Mikke.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Christopher A. Sims ranks 1,807 out of 20,380. Before him are Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954), Harry Stack Sullivan (1892), Max Emmerich (1879), Billy Zane (1966), Thomas Midgley Jr. (1889), and Zack Snyder (1966). After him are Sonny Rollins (1930), Al Lettieri (1928), Paul Wolfowitz (1943), Philip Abelson (1913), Charles Duke (1935), and Paul L. Smith (1936).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Christopher A. Sims ranks 42. Before him are Edward C. Prescott (1940), Jeremy Rifkin (1945), Robert J. Shiller (1946), Alan Greenspan (1926), George Stigler (1911), and Eugene Fama (1939). After him are Robert C. Merton (1944), Robert Fogel (1926), James Heckman (1944), Vernon L. Smith (1927), Jeffrey Sachs (1954), and Robert F. Engle (1942).

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