Congratulations to Thomas J. Sargent, who with Christopher A. Sims, was awarded the 2011 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy.
He was a member of the Penn Economics faculty from 1970-1971. He is a member of the Penn Institute for Economic Research (PIER) Advisory Board and in February 2004 was a Martha & Jonathan Cohen Distinguished Visitor.
For further information see The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel 2011.