Game Theory Is Not Useful in Understanding Perfect Competition Because

question 105

Multiple Choice

Game theory is not useful in understanding perfect competition because in a perfectly competitive market:

• A)no single firm can influence the market price, so firms' decisions are not interdependent.
• B)each firm only cares about its own profit, so there is no interdependence.
• C)there are too many firms to be able to model their behavior accurately using game theory.
• D)the payoffs to firms' choices are unknown.

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