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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 begins (10[1])with this prefix. A branch of economics named (-5[1])for this prefix was expanded by John Hicks’s book Value and Capital. “Foundations” named for this prefix study agents’ behavior (-5[1])in the context of a whole economy. (-5[1])A branch of economics (10[1]-5[1])with this prefix is applied to evaluate a society’s well-being in (-5[1])welfare economics. For 10 points, name this prefix that names a branch of economics studying the decisions of firms and individuals. ■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: micro- [or microfoundations; or microeconomics; or micromort]
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