Suppose Jordan and Lee Are Trying to Decide What to Do

question 112

Multiple Choice

Suppose Jordan and Lee are trying to decide what to do on a Friday.Jordan would prefer to see a comedy while Lee would prefer to see a documentary.One documentary and one comedy are showing at the local cinema.The benefit they receive from seeing the films either together or separately are shown in the payoff matrix.Both Jordan and Lee know the information contained in the payoff matrix.They purchase their tickets simultaneously,ignorant of the other's choice. $\begin{array}{c}\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\text { Jordan }\\\text {Lee}\begin{array}{|l|l|l|}\hline & {\text { Comedy }} & {\text { Documentary }} \\\hline \text { Comedy } & \begin{array}{l}\text { Lee: } 3 \\\text { Jordan: } 5\end{array} & \begin{array}{l}\text { Lee: } 1 \\\text { Jordan } 1\end{array} \\\hline \text { Documentory } & \text { Lee } 2 & \text { Lee: } 5 \\& \text { Jordan: } 2 & \text { Jordan 3 } \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$
Refer to the figure above.This game:

• A) is a prisoner's dilemma.
• B) is not a prisoner's dilemma.
• C) is an ultimatum bargaining game.
• D) has no Nash equilibrium.

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