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Christopher A. Sims

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Princeton University - Department of Economics

Princeton, NJ 08544-1021

United States

  • Princeton University - Department of Economics

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1.

Inflation Expectations, Uncertainty and Monetary Policy

BIS Working Paper No. 275
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 30 Jul 2009
Christopher A. Sims
Princeton University - Department of Economics
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inflation expectations, expectations formation, rational inattention, asset prices, monetary policy

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Were There Regime Switches in U.S. Monetary Policy?

FRB of Atlanta Working Paper No. 2004-14
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 22 Aug 2004
Christopher A. Sims and Tao A. Zha
Princeton University - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Counterfactuals, Lucas critique, policy rule, monetary targeting, simultaneity, volatility, model comparison

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Fiscal Foundations of Price Stability in Open Economies

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 12 Apr 1998
Christopher A. Sims
Princeton University - Department of Economics
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Fiscal Aspects of Central Bank Independence

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 08 Sep 2001
Christopher A. Sims
Princeton University - Department of Economics
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Calculating and Using Second Order Accurate Solutions of Discrete Time Dynamic Equilibrium Models

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 13 Jan 2004
Jinill Kim, Sunghyun Henry Kim, Christopher A. Sims and Ernst Schaumburg
Korea University, Sungkyunkwan University - Department of Economics, Princeton University - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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Solving dynamic equilibrium models, second order accurate solution

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Forecasting and Conditional Projection Using Realistic Prior Distributions

NBER Working Paper No. w1202
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 03 May 2004 Last Revised: 16 Oct 2022
Thomas Doan, Robert Litterman and Christopher A. Sims
Independent, Kepos Capital and Princeton University - Department of Economics
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Rational Inattention: A Research Agenda

Bundesbank Series 1 Discussion Paper No. 2005,34
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 08 Jun 2016
Christopher A. Sims
Princeton University - Department of Economics
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Discrete Actions in Information-Constrained Tracking Problems

CERGE-EI Working Paper Series No. 441
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 16 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2011
Filip Matějka and Christopher A. Sims
Charles University in Prague - CERGE-EI and Princeton University - Department of Economics
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rational inattention, adjustment frictions, sticky prices

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Methods for Inference in Large Multiple-Equation Markov-Switching Models

FRB of Atlanta Working Paper No. 2006-22
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 09 Feb 2007
Christopher A. Sims, Daniel F. Waggoner and Tao A. Zha
Princeton University - Department of Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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volatility, coefficient changes, discontinuous shifts, Lucas critique, independent Markov processes

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MCMC Method for Markov Mixture Simultaneous-Equation Models: A Note

FRB of Atlanta Working Paper No. 2004-15
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 22 Aug 2004
Christopher A. Sims and Tao A. Zha
Princeton University - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Simultaneity, identification, time variation, volatility, Bayesian method

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When Does a Central Bank's Balance Sheet Require Fiscal Support?

FRB of New York Staff Report No. 701
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 26 Nov 2014
Marco Del Negro and Christopher A. Sims
Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Princeton University - Department of Economics
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central bank’s balance sheet, solvency, monetary policy

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Comparison of Interwar and Postwar Business Cycles: Monetarism Reconsidered

NBER Working Paper No. w0430
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 01 Mar 2001 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2022
Christopher A. Sims
Princeton University - Department of Economics
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Toward a Modern Macroeconomic Model Usable for Policy Analysis

NBER Working Paper No. w4761
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 26 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 07 Jul 2022
Eric M. Leeper and Christopher A. Sims
University of Virginia and Princeton University - Department of Economics
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Martingale-Like Behavior of Prices

NBER Working Paper No. w0489
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 09 Jun 2004 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2022
Christopher A. Sims
Princeton University - Department of Economics
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Does Monetary Policy Generate Recessions?

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Working Paper 98-12
Posted: 04 Sep 1998
Christopher A. Sims and Tao A. Zha
Princeton University - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

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Error Bands for Impulse Responses

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta WP 95-6
Posted: 06 May 1998
Christopher A. Sims and Tao A. Zha
Princeton University - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

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Bayesian Methods for Dynamic Multivariate Models

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 96-13
Posted: 04 Feb 1997
Christopher A. Sims and Tao A. Zha
Princeton University - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

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