Table 18-14 Suppose that two oil companies-BP and Exxon-own adjacent natural gas fields. The profits that each firm carus depends on both the member of wells it drills and the number of wells drilled by the other firm. The table below lists each firm's individual profits: Exxon Drill one well Drill two wells BP Drill one well BP Drill two wells Exxon's profit $10 million BP's profit $10 million Exxon's profit $6 million BP's profit $12 million Exxon's profit $12 million BP's profit $6 million Exxon's profit $8 million- BP's profit $8 million
Table 18-14 Suppose that two oil companies-BP and Exxon-own adjacent natural gas fields. The profits that each firm carus depends on both the member of wells it drills and the number of wells drilled by the other firm. The table below lists each firm's individual profits: Exxon Drill one well Drill two wells BP Drill one well BP Drill two wells Exxon's profit $10 million BP's profit $10 million Exxon's profit $6 million BP's profit $12 million Exxon's profit $12 million BP's profit $6 million Exxon's profit $8 million- BP's profit $8 million
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Suppose that two oil companies-BP and Exxon-own adjacent natural gas fields. The profits that each firm earus depends on both the member of wells it drills and the number of wells
drilled by the other firm. The table below lists each firm's individual profits:
Exxon
Drill one well Drill two wells
BP Drill one
well
BP Drill two
wells
Exxon's profit $10 million
BP's profit $10 million
Exxon's profit $6 million
BP's profit $12 million
Exxon's profit $12 million
BP's profit $6 million
Exxon's profit $8 million.
BP's profit $8 million
Refer to Table 18-14. Does BP have a dominant strategy? If so, describe it.
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