Table 11-6 Suppose OPEC Has Only Two Producers,Saudi Arabia

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Multiple Choice

Table 11-6 Suppose OPEC has only two producers,Saudi Arabia and Nigeria.Saudi Arabia has far more oil reserves and is the lower cost producer compared to Nigeria.The payoff matrix in Table 11-6 shows the profits earned per day by each country."Low output" corresponds to producing the OPEC assigned quota and "high output" corresponds to producing the maximum capacity beyond the assigned quota.
-Refer to Table 11-6.Which of the following statements is true?

• A)The Nash equilibrium is a noncooperative,dominant strategy equilibrium.
• B)The Nash equilibrium is a cooperative equilibrium.
• C)The Nash equilibrium is a collusive equilibrium.
• D)There is no Nash equilibrium in this game because each party pursues its dominant strategy.

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