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Two firms in a local market compete in the manufacture of cyberwidgets.Each firm must decide if it will offer a warranty or not.The pay-offs of each firm's strategy is a function of their competitor as well.The pay-off matrix is presented below. Two firms in a local market compete in the manufacture of cyberwidgets.Each firm must decide if it will offer a warranty or not.The pay-offs of each firm's strategy is a function of their competitor as well.The pay-off matrix is presented below.   If firm #1 announces they will offer a warranty regardless of what firm #2 does,is this a credible threat? Why or why not? If firm #1 announces they will offer a warranty regardless of what firm #2 does,is this a credible threat? Why or why not?


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