In a Competitive Situation Involving the Adoption of a Common

question 25

Multiple Choice

In a competitive situation involving the adoption of a common standard by all firms in the industry:

• A)each player should always adopt his own preferred standard to maximize profit.
• B)each player will adopt the strategy that maximizes collective profits.
• C)a dominant strategy equilibrium will result.
• D)there will be multiple equilibria with different strategies adopted by each player.
• E)coordination will reduce the payoffs to each player.

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