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Table 11-9
Alpha and Beta are the only firms selling gyros in the upscale town of Delphi. Each firm must decide on whether to offer a discount to students to compete for customers. If one firm offers a discount but the other does not, then the firm that offers the discount will increase its profit. Table 11-9 shows the payoff matrix for this game.
-Refer to Table 11-9.How are the firms in this game caught in a prisoner's dilemma?
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