Question

This prefix denotes a research program that titles a Duranton and Puga paper analyzing sharing, matching, and learning mechanisms of urban agglomeration. Decision analyst Ronald Howard created a unit that uses this prefix to measure a type of risk. Robert Lucas claimed Keynesian economics lacked principles whose name (10[1]-5[1])begins (10[2])with this prefix. (10[1])A branch of economics (-5[1])named (-5[1])for this prefix was expanded by John Hicks’s book Value and (-5[1])Capital. “Foundations” named for this prefix study agents’ behavior (10[1]-5[1])in the context of a whole economy. (10[1]-5[3])A branch (10[1]-5[2])of economics (10[1]-5[1])with this prefix is applied to evaluate a society’s well-being (-5[1])in (-5[1])welfare economics. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this prefix that names a branch of economics studying the decisions of firms (0[1])and individuals. (10[2])■END■ (10[9])

ANSWER: micro- [or microfoundations; or microeconomics; or micromort]
<NS, Social Science>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

Great Lakes2025-02-01Y6100%0%83%102.50
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y1100%0%100%48.00
Midwest2025-02-01Y1100%0%100%119.00
Northeast2025-02-01Y3100%0%67%95.33
Overflow2025-02-01Y4100%0%25%93.50
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y250%0%50%76.00
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%100%102.50
UK2025-02-01Y1100%0%100%120.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Orion KellerVirginia Tech AVirginia A47-5
Arjun NageswaranHarvard ABrown A4710
Dennis YangMichigan CCarnegie Mellon A4810
Joseph ChambersVirginia AVirginia Tech A4810
Christopher SimsNorthwestern APurdue5110
Jonathan SchnipperBrandeis ATufts A55-5
Daniel HuangMichigan DOhio State A56-5
Seraphina Charlotte FooCambridge AOxford A67-5
Elias KradelKenyonMichigan A76-5
Russell NipUBCAlberta7610
Andrew HarmsMichigan StateCase Western A83-5
Cole HartungGeorgetown ANotre Dame A8310
Brielle RachIowaStanford B83-5
Alice Ton NuUW AUW B83-5
John Luke BroussardTAMUASU8510
Jisoo YooTexas ATexas B85-5
Jaik HavlickASUTAMU85-5
Yashwanth BajjiMichigan AKenyon8710
Kevin ZhengMichigan BCase Western B87-5
Owen ArnesonMissouriChicago B97-5
Rohan Navaneetha RajOhio State BCarnegie Mellon B98-5
Yrwin BatanMIT ABrandeis B100-5
Alan FanUW BUW A1170
Liam StarnesChicago BMissouri11910
Andrew MessersmithBrandeis BMIT A11910
Oliver ThompsonCase Western BMichigan B12010
Simon ZimmermanOhio State AMichigan D12010
Sai SubramanianCase Western AMichigan State12010
Jayden KuCarnegie Mellon BOhio State B12010
Isaac MeredithTufts ABrandeis A12010
Michał GerasimiukStanford BIowa12010
Ben HorningGeorgetown BNotre Dame C12010
Keerthana KrishnanTexas BTexas A12010
Arya KarthikOxford ACambridge A12010