Christopher A. Pissarides: British-Cypriot economist
Sir Christopher Antoniou Pissarides FBA (/ˌpɪsəˈriːdiːz/; Greek: Χριστόφορος Αντωνίου Πισσαρίδης; born 20 February 1948) is a British-Cypriot economist.
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| Born | 20 February 1948 Nicosia, Cyprus |
| Nationality | Cypriot, British |
| Institution | London School of Economics 1976–present University of Southampton 1974–76 University of Cyprus 2011–present Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 2013–present |
| Field | Labour economics |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics University of Essex |
| Doctoral advisor | Michio Morishima |
| Influences | Dale Mortensen |
| Contributions | Macroeconomic search and matching theories of unemployment, matching function, structural growth |
| Awards | IZA Prize in Labor Economics (2006) Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2010) |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
He is the School Professor of Economics & Political Science and Regius Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics, and Professor of European Studies at the University of Cyprus.
In 2010, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics, jointly with Peter A. Diamond and Dale Mortensen, "for their analysis of markets with theory of search frictions."
Early life
Pisaridis is a Greek Orthodox. He was born in Nicosia, Cyprus.
He received his BA in Economics in 1970 and MA in Economics in 1971 from the University of Essex. He later enrolled at the London School of Economics, where he obtained a doctorate in economics in 1973 for a thesis entitled "Individual Behavior in Markets with Imperfect Information".
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