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Christopher A. Sims, an Uncommon card
Christopher Albert Sims was an American econometrician and macroeconomist.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 37
- Power
- 98
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 22,000
Power 98 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Christopher A. Sims quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Christopher A. Sims card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The award cited their "empirical research on cause and effect in the ______".
Answer
macroeconomy. The award cited their "empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy". From the Christopher A. Sims article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Together with Thomas Sargent, he won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in ____.
Answer
2010s. Together with Thomas Sargent, he won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2011. From the Christopher A. Sims article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was the John J.F. Sherrerd '52 University Professor of Economics at Princeton University.
- Together with Thomas Sargent, he won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2011.
- The award cited their "empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy".
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Christopher A. Sims article was read about 22,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 61 and blocks with 37: each hit it takes is cut by 15 %.
How to get Christopher A. Sims
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Christopher A. Sims (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Holger Motzkau, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
