Thomas J. Sargent | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Institution | Hoover Institution University of Minnesota University of Chicago Stanford University New York University Singapore Management University |
Field | Macroeconomics, monetary economics |
Alma mater | UC Berkeley, (BA) Harvard University, (PhD) |
Doctoral advisor | John R. Meyer |
Doctoral students | Martin Eichenbaum Lawrence J. Christiano Danny Quah Sagiri Kitao |
Influences | Robert Lucas, Jr. John Muth |
Awards | NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing (2011) Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2011) |
Information at IDEAS / RePEc |
Thomas John "Tom" Sargent (born July 19, 1943) is an American economist. He is the W.R. Berkley Professor of Economics and Business at New York University.[1][2] He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 2011 together with Christopher A. Sims for their "empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy".[3]