The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2010
Awarded on: 2010-10-11
"for their analysis of markets with search frictions"
Affiliations:
- London School of Economics and Political Science – London, United Kingdom
Christopher A. Pissarides
Born: 1948-02-20 in Nicosia, Cyprus
Gender: male
Field: British-Cypriot economist
Biography
Sir Christopher Antoniou Pissarides is a Cypriot economist. He is Regius Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics, and Professor of European Studies at the University of Cyprus. His research focuses on macroeconomics, labour economics, economic growth, and economic policy. In 2010 he received the Nobel Prize in Economics along with Peter Diamond and Dale Mortensen, "for their analysis of markets with theory of search frictions."