Suppose that two players are playing the following game. Player 1 can choose either Top or Bottom, and Player 2 can choose either Left or Right. The payoffs are given in the following table: where the number on the left is the payoff to Player A, and the number on the right is the payoff to Player B. The Nash Equilibrium in pure strategies in this game is Player A O Top/Left O Top/Right Top Bottom Bottom/Left O Bottom/Right None of these Left 3 Player B 2 0 Right 2 1 32

Suppose that two players are playing the following game. Player 1 can choose either Top or Bottom, and Player 2 can choose either Left or Right. The payoffs are given in the following table: where the number on the left is the payoff to Player A, and the number on the right is the payoff to Player B. The Nash Equilibrium in pure strategies in this game is Player A O Top/Left O Top/Right Top Bottom Bottom/Left O Bottom/Right None of these Left 3 Player B 2 0 Right 2 1 32

Managerial Economics: A Problem Solving Approach

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Author:Luke M. Froeb, Brian T. McCann, Michael R. Ward, Mike Shor

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Chapter15: Strategic Games

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