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

question 139

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. Wonka and Gekko agree to cooperate so as to maximize total profit. If this game is played repeatedly and Wonka uses a tit-for-tat strategy, it will choose a

• A)good quality product in the first round and in subsequent rounds it will choose whatever Gekko chose in the previous round.
• B)poor quality product in the first round and in subsequent rounds it will choose whatever Gekko chose in the previous round.
• C)good quality product in all rounds, regardless of the choice made by Gekko.
• D)poor quality product in all rounds, regardless of the choice made by Gekko.

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