Table 11-9 Alistair Luggage and Baine Baggage Are the Only Firms Selling

question 331

Multiple Choice

Table 11-9
$\begin{array}{c}\text { Alistair's (A) Choices }\\\text { Baine's (B) Choices }\begin{array}{|c|c|c|}\hline & \begin{array}{c}\text { Increase } \\\text { advertising } \\\text { budget }\end{array} & \begin{array}{c}\text { Leave } \\\text { advertising } \\\text { budget as is }\end{array} \\\hline \begin{array}{c}\text { Increase advertising } \\\text { budget }\end{array} & \begin{array}{c}\text { A: } \$ 30,000 \text { profit } \\\text { B: } \$ 30,000 \text { profit }\end{array} & \begin{array}{c}\text { A: } \$ 10,000 \text { profit } \\\text { B: } \$ 50,000 \text { profit }\end{array} \\\hline \begin{array}{c}\text { Leave advertising } \\\text { budget as is }\end{array} & \begin{array}{c}\text { A: } \$ 50,000 \text { profit } \\\text { B: } \$ 10,000 \text { profit }\end{array} & \begin{array}{c}\text { A: } \$ 40,000 \text { profit } \\\text { B: } \$ 40,000 \text { profit }\end{array} \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$
Alistair Luggage and Baine Baggage are the only firms selling luggage in the upscale town of Montecito. Each firm must decide on whether to increase its advertising spending to compete for customers.If one firm increases its advertising budget but the other does not, then the firm with the higher advertising budget will increase its profit. Table 11-9 shows the payoff matrix for this advertising game.
-Refer to Table 11-9.If Alistair assumes that Baine would increase its advertising budget,what should it do?

• A)Alistair should keep its own budget the same and allow Baine to incur the higher cost.
• B)Alistair should also increase its advertising spending.
• C)Alistair should reduce its advertising spending.
• D)Being a duopolist, Alistair is not affected by Baine's choices because it has a secure 50 percent market share.

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