A Situation in Which Each Firm Selects Its Best Action

question 3

Multiple Choice

A situation in which each firm selects its best action, given what its rivals are doing, is called a:

• A) Nash equilibrium.
• B) Cooperative equilibrium.
• C) Stackelberg equilibrium.
• D) zero sum game.

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