Refer to the Information Provided in Table 14 -Refer to Table 14

question 199

Multiple Choice

Refer to the information provided in Table 14.3 below to answer the question that follows.
Table 14.3
B's Strategy
$$\begin{array} { l l l l } \hline & & { \text { Advertise } } & { \text { Don't Advertise } } \\\hline & & & \text { A's profit } \$ 200 \\& & \text { A's profit } \$ 75 \text { million million } \\ & \text { Advertise } & \text { B's profit } \$ 75 \text { million } \text { B's profit } \$ 50 \text { million } \\\text { A's Strategy } & & & \\& & \text { A's profit } \$ 50 & \text { A's profit } \$ 100 \\& \text { Don't } & \text { million } & \text { million } \\& & \text { B's profit } \$ 200 & \text { B'sprofit } \$ 100 \\& \text { Advertise } & \text { million } & \text { million }\end{array}$$
-Refer to Table 14.3. The result of this game is a prisoners' dilemma. In which of the following cases is it most likely that the firms will be able to overcome the prisoners' dilemma?

• A) repeated play
• B) a single interaction
• C) when both firms follow a maximin strategy
• D) government intervention

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