Consider an Outcome in Which It Is Impossible to Make

question 3

Multiple Choice

Consider an outcome in which it is impossible to make one player better off without simultaneously making the other player worse off.We can conclude that this outcome

• A) cannot be a Nash equilibrium.
• B) must be Pareto optimal.
• C) will not occur when the players use mixed strategies.
• D) is a Stackelberg equilibrium.

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