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

question 116

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. Firm A?s optimal strategy is

• A) to not raise the price of its product.
• B) to raise the price of its product.
• C) dependent on what Firm B does.
• D) indeterminate from this information, as no information is provided on Firm A?s risk preference.

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