MCQ question 1 Two firms are deciding whether to invest in a new technology or not. The payoff matrix for the two firms (Firm A, Firm B) is as follows: Firm B Invest Don't Invest Firm A Invest (i) (ii) 0,0 3,1 Don't invest (iii) (iii) 1.3 2,2 What is the Nash Equilibrium of this game? OA. Both firms invest. OB. Both firms don't invest. C. Firm A chooses invest and Firm B chooses don't invest only. OD. Firm B chooses invest and Firm A chooses don't invest only. O E. Both C and D are correct
MCQ question 1 Two firms are deciding whether to invest in a new technology or not. The payoff matrix for the two firms (Firm A, Firm B) is as follows: Firm B Invest Don't Invest Firm A Invest (i) (ii) 0,0 3,1 Don't invest (iii) (iii) 1.3 2,2 What is the Nash Equilibrium of this game? OA. Both firms invest. OB. Both firms don't invest. C. Firm A chooses invest and Firm B chooses don't invest only. OD. Firm B chooses invest and Firm A chooses don't invest only. O E. Both C and D are correct
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![MCQ question 1
Two firms are deciding whether to invest in a new technology or not. The payoff matrix for
the two firms (Firm A, Firm B) is as follows:
Firm B
Invest
Don't Invest
Firm
A
Invest
(i)
(ii)
0,0
3,1
Don't invest
(iii)
(iii)
1.3
2,2
What is the Nash Equilibrium of this game?
OA. Both firms invest.
OB. Both firms don't invest.
C. Firm A chooses invest and Firm B
chooses don't invest only.
OD. Firm B chooses invest and Firm A
chooses don't invest only.
O E. Both C and D are correct](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F5f475109-f14d-40aa-8ad9-921252d715d4%2F4a900349-94ee-484c-bf13-7956de8d7e69%2Fdr8ykde_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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Two firms are deciding whether to invest in a new technology or not. The payoff matrix for
the two firms (Firm A, Firm B) is as follows:
Firm B
Invest
Don't Invest
Firm
A
Invest
(i)
(ii)
0,0
3,1
Don't invest
(iii)
(iii)
1.3
2,2
What is the Nash Equilibrium of this game?
OA. Both firms invest.
OB. Both firms don't invest.
C. Firm A chooses invest and Firm B
chooses don't invest only.
OD. Firm B chooses invest and Firm A
chooses don't invest only.
O E. Both C and D are correct
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