Consider the Following Game in Which Two Firms Decide How

question 16

Multiple Choice

Consider the following game in which two firms decide how much of a homogeneous good to produce. The annual profit payoffs for each firm are stated in the cell of the game matrix, and Firm A's payoffs appear first in the payoff pairs: What are the dominant strategies in this game?

• A) Both firms produce low levels of output.
• B) Both firms produce high levels of output.
• C) Firm A's dominant strategy is to produce low levels of output, but Firm B does not have a dominant strategy.
• D) Firm B's dominant strategy is to produce low levels of output, but Firm A does not have a dominant strategy.
• E) Neither firm has a dominant strategy.

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