Hidden Valley has two nail salons, one owned by Pat and the other owned by Danny. Suppose that Pat and Danny have two strategies: to collude, fix the monopoly price, and limit the number of manicures, or to break the collusion, cut the price, and produce more manicures. The table gives the payoff matrix of economic profit (in dollars) for the game that Pat and Danny play. st What is the Nash equilibrium if the game is played once? Do the people of Hidden Valley get the efficient quantity of manicures? .... If this game is played just once, the Nash equilibrium is that A. Pat colludes and Danny breaks the collusion B. Pat breaks the collusion and Danny colludes C. Pat and Danny either collude or break the collusion but we don't know for sure D. both Pat and Danny collude OE. both Pat and Danny break the collusion The people of Hidden Valley, the efficient quantity of manicures from Pat and Danny because they produce the same quantity as would be produced A. receive; in perfect competition B. do not receive; by a monopoly
Hidden Valley has two nail salons, one owned by Pat and the other owned by Danny. Suppose that Pat and Danny have two strategies: to collude, fix the monopoly price, and limit the number of manicures, or to break the collusion, cut the price, and produce more manicures. The table gives the payoff matrix of economic profit (in dollars) for the game that Pat and Danny play. st What is the Nash equilibrium if the game is played once? Do the people of Hidden Valley get the efficient quantity of manicures? .... If this game is played just once, the Nash equilibrium is that A. Pat colludes and Danny breaks the collusion B. Pat breaks the collusion and Danny colludes C. Pat and Danny either collude or break the collusion but we don't know for sure D. both Pat and Danny collude OE. both Pat and Danny break the collusion The people of Hidden Valley, the efficient quantity of manicures from Pat and Danny because they produce the same quantity as would be produced A. receive; in perfect competition B. do not receive; by a monopoly
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Transcribed Image Text:Hidden Valley has two nail salons, one owned by Pat and the other owned by Danny.
Suppose that Pat and Danny have two strategies: to collude, fix the monopoly price, and limit the number of
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O B. Pat breaks the collusion and Danny colludes
O C. Pat and Danny either collude or break the collusion but we don't know for sure
O D. both Pat and Danny collude
O E. both Pat and Danny break the collusion
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the efficient quantity of manicures from Pat and Danny because they produce the same quantity as would be produced
O A. receive; in perfect competition
O B. do not receive; by a monopoly
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