This Figure Shows the Payoffs Involved When Sarah and Joe

question 48

Multiple Choice

This figure shows the payoffs involved when Sarah and Joe work on a school project together for a single grade.They both will enjoy a higher grade when more effort is put into the project,but they also get pleasure from goofing off and not working on the project.The payoffs can be thought of as the utility each would get from the effort they individually put forth and the grade they jointly receive.
The game in the figure shown is a version of:

• A) a sequential game.
• B) a simultaneous game.
• C) a cooperative game.
• D) an ultimatum.

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Definitions:

Indifference Curves

Graphical representations in economics showing combinations of goods among which a consumer is indifferent, meaning they have no preference for one combination over another.

Pareto Optimal

A state of allocation of resources from which it is impossible to reallocate to make any one individual or preference criterion better off without making at least one individual or preference criterion worse off.

Marginal Utility

The additional satisfaction or utility that a consumer receives from consuming an additional unit of a good or service.

Pareto Optimal

A state of allocation of resources in which it is impossible to make any individual better off without making at least one individual worse off.