Table 17-35 Suppose That Two Coal Mining Companies - Allied and Barclay

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Table 17-35
Suppose that two coal mining companies - Allied and Barclay - own adjacent land suitable for excavating coal mines. The profits that each firm earns depends on both the number of mines it excavates and the number of mines excavated by the other firm. The table below lists each firm's individual profits:
Allied
Excavate one mine Excavate two mines
-Refer to Table 17-35. Is there a Nash equilibrium? If so, describe it.

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