Table 17-7 Two Companies, Wonka and Gekko, Each Decide Whether to Produce

question 199

Multiple Choice

Table 17-7
Two companies, Wonka and Gekko, each decide whether to produce a good quality product or a poor quality product. In the figure, the dollar amounts are payoffs and they represent annual profits (in millions of dollars) for the two companies.

-Refer to Table 17-7. If this game is played only once, then the most likely outcome is that

• A)both firms produce a poor quality product.
• B)Wonka produces a poor quality product and Gekko produces a good quality product.
• C)Wonka produces a good quality product and Gekko produces a poor quality product.
• D)both firms produce a good quality product.

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