-Two Firms Are Introducing an Improved Version of Their Toothpastes

question 65

Essay

-Two firms are introducing an improved version of their toothpastes.They must decide whether or not to advertise their products.The table above gives the payoff matrix in terms of the economic profits they expect in each case.The payoffs are in terms of millions of dollars.
a.What is the Nash equilibrium for the game?
b.If they could cooperate,what strategy would they prefer? What would be the payoff?

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