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Oliver E. Williamson, a Common card
Oliver Eaton Williamson was an American economist, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, which he shared with Elinor Ostrom.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 49
- Power
- 115
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 12,000
Power 115 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Oliver E. Williamson quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Oliver E. Williamson card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Williamson ______ his work as "a blend of soft social science and abstract economic theory".
Answer
described. Williamson described his work as "a blend of soft social science and abstract economic theory". From the Oliver E. Williamson article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Oliver Eaton Williamson was an American economist, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and recipient of the ____ Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, which he shared with Elinor Ostrom.
Answer
2000s. Oliver Eaton Williamson was an American economist, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, which he shared with Elinor Ostrom. From the Oliver E. Williamson article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- His contributions to transaction cost economics and the theory of the firm have been influential in the social sciences, law and economics.
- Williamson described his work as "a blend of soft social science and abstract economic theory".
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Oliver E. Williamson article was read about 12,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 49: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Oliver E. Williamson (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Prolineserver ( talk ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
