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

question 178

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. The more frequently this game is played, the more likely it is that

• A)both firms will produce a good quality product.
• B)both firms will produce a poor quality product.
• C)both firms experience a reduction in profits compared to the Nash equilibrium outcome.
• D)one firm will experience an increase in profits and the other will experience a decrease in profits.

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Definitions:

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Steiner's Law

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