Suppose Toyota and Honda must decide whether to make a new breed of side-impact airbags standard equipment on all models. Side-impact airbags raise the price of each automobile by $1,000. If both firms make side-impact airbags standard equipment, each company will earn profits of $1.6 billion. If neither company adopts the side-impact airbag technology, each company will earn $0.6 billion. If one company adopts the technology as standard equipment and the other does not, the adopting company will earn a profit of $2.5 billion and the other company will earn $ 0.8 billion. If you were a decision maker at Honda, would you make side-impact airbags standard equipment? O No O There is not enough information to answer the question. O Yes 4 If Toyota and Honda were able to cooperate, would you expect this same outcome? O No O There is not enough information to answer the question. O Yes

Suppose Toyota and Honda must decide whether to make a new breed of side-impact airbags standard equipment on all models. Side-impact airbags raise the price of each automobile by $1,000. If both firms make side-impact airbags standard equipment, each company will earn profits of $1.6 billion. If neither company adopts the side-impact airbag technology, each company will earn $0.6 billion. If one company adopts the technology as standard equipment and the other does not, the adopting company will earn a profit of $2.5 billion and the other company will earn $ 0.8 billion. If you were a decision maker at Honda, would you make side-impact airbags standard equipment? O No O There is not enough information to answer the question. O Yes 4 If Toyota and Honda were able to cooperate, would you expect this same outcome? O No O There is not enough information to answer the question. O Yes

ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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