Two Players Are Engaged in a Game of "Chicken

question 23

Multiple Choice

Two players are engaged in a game of "chicken." There are two possible strategies, Swerve and Drive Straight.A player who chooses to Swerve is called "chicken" and gets a payoff of zero, regardless of what the other player does.A player who chooses to Drive Straight gets a payoff of 15.43 if the other player Swerves and a payoff of -36 if the other player also chooses to Drive Straight.This game has two pure strategy equilibria and

• A)two mixed strategies in which players alternate between swerving and driving straight.
• B)a mixed strategy in which each player swerves with probability 0.35 and drives straight with probability 0.65.
• C)a mixed strategy equilibrium in which one player swerves with probability 0.70 and the other swerves with probability 0.30.
• D)a mixed strategy equilibrium in which each player swerves with probability 0.70 and drives straight with probability 0.30.
• E)no mixed strategies.

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