Consider a Game of the "Jack and Jill" Type in Which

question 331

Multiple Choice

Consider a game of the "Jack and Jill" type in which a market is a duopoly and each firm decides to produce either a "high" quantity of output or a "low" quantity of output. If the two firms successfully reach and maintain the cooperative outcome of the game, then

• A)both the combined profit of the firms and total surplus are maximized.
• B)the combined profit of the firms is maximized but total surplus is not maximized.
• C)the combined profit of the firms is not maximized but total surplus is maximized.
• D)neither the combined profit of the firms nor total surplus is maximized.

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