In Hotelling's Ice Cream Truck game.  Assume there are 9 spots: {-4, −3, −2, −1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4} Assume there are two customers at each spot (18 in total). In a Nash equilibrium, each truck will locate at 0. How many customers would truck A lose by deviating and moving from position 0 to position 1.       Select one: a. none of the other answers. b. 3 c. 1 d. 0 e. 2

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In Hotelling's Ice Cream Truck game. 

Assume there are 9 spots: {-4, −3, −2, −1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4}
Assume there are two customers at each spot (18 in total).

In a Nash equilibrium, each truck will locate at 0. How many customers would truck A lose by deviating and moving from position 0 to position 1.

 

 

 

Select one:

a.
none of the other answers.


b.
3


c.
1


d.
0


e.
2

 

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