Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2011
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Thomas J. Sargent
Prize share: 1/2
© The Nobel Foundation. Photo: U. Montan
Christopher A. Sims
Prize share: 1/2
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"
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