Scenario 13.7 Consider the Game Below About Funding and Construction of a of a Dam

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Scenario 13.7
Consider the game below about funding and construction of a dam to protect a 1,000-person town. Contributions to the Dam Fund, once made, cannot be recovered, and all citizens must contribute $1,000 to the dam in order for it to be built. The dam, if built, is worth $70,000 to each citizen.
-Refer to the game in Scenario 13.7. If each player chose a maximin strategy, the outcome would be:

• A) $69,000, $69,000.
• B) $0, -$1000.
• C) -$1000, $0.
• D) $0, $0.
• E) a mixed strategy equilibrium.

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