If Flashfone prices high, Pictech will make more profit if it chooses a (HIGH OR LOW)   price, and if Flashfone prices low, Pictech will make more profit if it chooses a  (HIGH OR LOW)  price.   If Pictech prices high, Flashfone will make more profit if it chooses a (HIGH OR LOW)   price, and if Pictech prices low, Flashfone will make more profit if it chooses a (HIGH OR LOW)   price.   Considering all of the information given, pricing high (IS OR IS NOT)   a dominant strategy for both Flashfone and Pictech.   If the firms do not collude, what strategies will they end up choosing? Flashfone will choose a high price, and Pictech will choose a low price.   Both Flashfone and Pictech will choose a low price.   Flashfone will choose a low price, and Pictech will choose a high price.   Both Flashfone and Pictech will choose a high price.     True or False: The game between Flashfone and Pictech is an example of the prisoners’ dilemma. True   False

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Suppose there are only two firms that sell smartphones: Flashfone and Pictech. The following payoff matrix shows the profit (in millions of dollars) each company will earn, depending on whether it sets a high or low price for its phones.
  Pictech Pricing
High Low
Flashfone Pricing High 11, 11 2, 18
Low 18, 2 10, 10
 
For example, the lower-left cell shows that if Flashfone prices low and Pictech prices high, Flashfone will earn a profit of $18 million, and Pictech will earn a profit of $2 million. Assume this is a simultaneous game and that Flashfone and Pictech are both profit-maximizing firms.
 
If Flashfone prices high, Pictech will make more profit if it chooses a (HIGH OR LOW)   price, and if Flashfone prices low, Pictech will make more profit if it chooses a  (HIGH OR LOW)  price.
 
If Pictech prices high, Flashfone will make more profit if it chooses a (HIGH OR LOW)   price, and if Pictech prices low, Flashfone will make more profit if it chooses a (HIGH OR LOW)   price.
 
Considering all of the information given, pricing high (IS OR IS NOT)   a dominant strategy for both Flashfone and Pictech.
 
If the firms do not collude, what strategies will they end up choosing?
Flashfone will choose a high price, and Pictech will choose a low price.
 
Both Flashfone and Pictech will choose a low price.
 
Flashfone will choose a low price, and Pictech will choose a high price.
 
Both Flashfone and Pictech will choose a high price.
 
 
True or False: The game between Flashfone and Pictech is an example of the prisoners’ dilemma.
True
 
False
 
 
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