Use the Following to Answer Questions

question 33

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions :
Figure: Prisoners' Dilemma for Thelma and Louise
-(Figure: Prisoners' Dilemma for Thelma and Louise) Use Figure: Prisoners' Dilemma for Thelma and Louise.Thelma and Louise are arrested and jailed for murder.Given the payoff matrix in the figure,the Nash equilibrium behaviour is for Thelma _____ and Louise _____.

• A) to confess;not to confess
• B) to confess;to confess
• C) not to confess;to confess
• D) not to confess;not to confess

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Protection Buyers

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