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NYU's Sargent to Receive Nobel Prize in Economics on Dec. 10

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New York University Economics Professor Thomas Sargent, the 2011 Nobel Laureate in Economics, will be awarded the prize on Saturday, December 10 during a ceremony in Stockholm. The event, which begins at 10:30 a.m. EST, may be viewed live at: http://www.nobelprize.org/.

Sargent shares the prize with Princeton University’s Christopher Sims. In awarding the prize, the Nobel Committee cited "their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy.”

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NYU Stern’s Office of Public Affairs
Joanne Hvala: 212-998-0995, jhvala@stern.nyu.edu
Carolyn Ritter: 212-998-0624, critter@stern.nyu.edu
Main Office: 212-998-0670, paffairs@stern.nyu.edu


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Nobel Laureates at NYU Stern

Professor Sargent joins Professors Robert Engle and Michael Spence as the third Nobel Laureate at NYU Stern.

Faculty Share Views on Nobel Prize

Professor David Backus on Professor Sargent winning the 2011 Nobel Prize in Economics

Watch the Press Conference

Professor Sargent and Princeton University's Christopher Sims, who share the 2011 Nobel Prize in Economics, discuss their research and how they heard the news at a Press Conference hosted at Princeton University.