-The Above Figure Shows the Payoff Matrix for Two Firms,A

question 79

Multiple Choice

-The above figure shows the payoff matrix for two firms,A and B,selecting an advertising budget.The firms must choose between a high advertising budget and a low advertising budget.A Nash equilibrium

• A)occurs when both firms select a high advertising budget.
• B)exists at any of the four possible strategy combinations because there is never an incentive to change strategy.
• C)is for both firms to choose the low advertising budget because this yields the highest joint profit.
• D)does not exist because firm A does not have a dominant strategy.

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