Table 14-4 Alpha and Beta Are the Only Firms Selling Gyros in Only

question 195

Multiple Choice

Table 14-4

Alpha and Beta are the only firms selling gyros in the upscale town of Delphi. Each firm must decide on whether to offer a discount to students to compete for customers. If one firm offers a discount but the other does not, then the firm that offers the discount will increase its profit. Table 14-4 shows the payoff matrix for this game.
-Refer to Table 14-4.If Alpha assumes that Beta would offer a student discount, what should it do?

• A)Alpha should not offer a student discount.
• B)Alpha should also offer a student discount.
• C)Alpha should wait at least a year to see if Beta stops offering a student discount before making a decision.
• D)Being a duopolist, Alpha is not affected by Beta's choices because it has a secure 50 percent market share.

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