Question
Lightweight boxes were distributed to facilitate this activity among Philippine households in Ashraf, Karlan and Yin’s 2006 paper “Tying Odysseus to the mast,” which offered the first test of whether demand for commitment products for this activity is driven by hyperbolic discounting preferences. This is the first title activity of a ROSCA, which rotates through beneficiaries in examples like Latin American tandas and Indian chit funds. John Maynard Keynes illustrated a paradox surrounding this activity using Bernard Mandeville’s Fable of the Bees. High rates of this intertemporal activity by households in China have contributed to its “global glut.” For 10 points, name this activity promoted by 401(k) plans in the United States, which defers consumption by not spending all of one’s income. ■END■
Summary
2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 93.00 |
2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 103.33 |
2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU | 01/27/2024 | Y | 10 | 100% | 0% | 20% | 99.60 |
2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota | 01/27/2024 | Y | 2 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 84.50 |
2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 77.00 |
2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers | 01/27/2024 | Y | 2 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 77.00 |
2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 100.00 |
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford (DII) | UNC A (Grad) | Liberty A (Grad) | 59 | 10 |
Joseph Chambers (DII) | Virginia A (UG) | UNC B (UG) | 61 | 10 |
Jaik Havlick | Arizona State | Iowa State | 72 | 10 |
Dean Ah Now | Claremont A | Texas A | 77 | 10 |
Sam Macchi (DII) | Vassar | Haverford | 77 | 10 |
Geoffrey Wu (UG) | Columbia A | NYU A | 77 | 10 |
Natan Holtzman | Stanford B | Berkeley B | 85 | 10 |
Tim Morrison | Stanford A | Berkeley A | 87 | 10 |
Yared Tadesse | Cornell A | RIT B | 92 | 10 |
Kevin Jiang (UG) | Duke A (UG) | UNC D (DII) | 95 | 10 |
Nicholas Tunks | Minnesota B | Minnesota C | 97 | 10 |
Oliver Hargrave | Oxford A | Imperial A | 100 | 10 |
Jacob Martin (UG) | Maryland B (UG) | Maryland C (DII) | 105 | 10 |
Caleb Kendrick (Grad) | Maryland A (Grad) | UNC C (UG) | 106 | 10 |
Vinu Harihar | Berkeley C | Stanford C | 107 | 10 |
Sarod Nori | Cornell B | RIT A | 107 | 10 |
Matthew Christian | Binghamton | Cornell C | 111 | 10 |
Luke Schaarschuch (UG) | Virginia C (UG) | GWU B (Grad) | 111 | 10 |
Aidan Casdin (UG) | JMU A (UG) | Roanoke College A (DII) | 111 | 10 |
Caleb Hines (DII) | Liberty B (DII) | GWU A (UG) | 112 | 10 |
Andrew Amygdalos (UG) | GWU A (UG) | Liberty B (DII) | 112 | -5 |
Logan Mitchell (UG) | JMU B (UG) | Liberty C (DII) | 114 | -5 |
Duncan Griffiths (UG) | William & Mary A (UG) | Virginia B (UG) | 114 | 10 |
Nathan Redford (DII) | Liberty C (DII) | JMU B (UG) | 122 | 10 |