Refer to the Information Provided in Table 14 -Refer to Table 14

question 6

Multiple Choice

Refer to the information provided in Table 14.1 below to answer the question that follows.
Table 14.1
B's Strategy
$\begin{array}{c}\begin{array}{lll}\\\hline\\\\\text { A's Strategy }\\\\\\ \end{array}\begin{array}{lll}\text { Raise Price }\\\hline \text {Raise A's profit \( \$ 3,000 \) }\\ \text {Price B's profit \( \$ 3,000 \) }\\\\ \text {Don't A's profit \( \$ 15,000 \) }\\ \text {Raise \( B^{\prime} \) s profit \( \$ 10,000 \) } \end{array}\begin{array}{lll}\text { Don't Raise Price}\\\hline\text { A's profit \( \$ 10,000 \) }\\\text { B's profit \( \$ 15,000 \) }\\\\\text { A's profit \( \$ 5,000 \) }\\\text { B's profit \( \$ 5,000 \) } \end{array}\end{array}$

-Refer to Table 14.1. If both firms follow a maximin strategy, the equilibrium in the game is

• A) (Raise Price, Don't Raise Price).
• B) (Raise Price, Raise Price).
• C) (Don't Raise Price, Raise Price).
• D) (Don't Raise Price, Don't Raise Price).

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