Question

In a study of “stationary” examples of these systems, Mihai Manea characterized equilibrium payoffs associated with bargaining. Ballester, Calvo-Armengol, and Zenou characterized the “key player” in an economic game involving one of these systems that popularized a quantity named for Bonacich. Ben Golub co-developed a model of communication (10[1])in these systems (10[1])that employs the DeGroot linear updating model. “Pairwise stability” is an equilibrium concept in models of (-5[1])strategic formation of these structures. The stochastic block model is used to study these structures (10[1])with components characterized (10[1])by measures of “centrality.” (-5[1])These structures (10[2])name a type of negative externality also called congestion, (10[1]-5[1])and name economic “effects” in which (-5[1])a (-5[1])product gains value (10[1])as more users (10[2])adopt it. (10[2]-5[1])For 10 points, name these (10[1])structures (10[1])with nodes and edges. (10[1])■END■ (10[9])

ANSWER: networks [or network graphs; or economic networks; or social networks; or social graphs; accept network externalities or network effects; prompt on nodes or vertexes or vertices or edges by asking “what larger structures are those components of?”] (Editors’ note: Pairwise stability was popularized by Stanford economics professor Matt Jackson.)
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Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y24100%0%25%107.92

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Qingyu ZhangFloridaBritish Columbia4710
Chris SimsNorthwesternWaterloo A5010
Joseph ChambersVirginiaCornell B66-5
Tim MorrisonStanfordChicago A8110
Nathan SheffieldMITToronto B8410
Andrew WangIllinois AToronto A88-5
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltColumbia B9010
Rayton LinWaterloo BLSE9010
Geoffrey WuColumbia AIndiana9910
Ian LuGeorgia TechToronto C99-5
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BWUSTL B105-5
Todd MaslykMichiganOhio State106-5
Charles HangWUSTL ARutgers10910
Ryan RosenbergNYUArizona State11210
Swapnil GargUC Berkeley ANorth Carolina A11210
Conor ThompsonIowa StateChicago B11410
Noah ChinVirginia TechCornell A114-5
Henry BonWinona StateIllinois B11410
Jisoo YooTexasHarvard11910
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateOttawa12010
Alan XieYalePenn State12410
Yared TadesseCornell BVirginia12510
Shardul RaoMinnesotaJohns Hopkins12510
Roxanne TangOhio StateMichigan12510
Cade ReinbergerRITNorth Carolina B12510
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto AIllinois A12510
Parth JagtapToronto CGeorgia Tech12510
June YinWUSTL BUC Berkeley B12510
Thomas TibbettsUCFMaryland12510
Nathan ZhangCornell AVirginia Tech12510