A politician can emphasize jobs or the
environment in her election campaign. The
voters can be concerned about jobs or the
environment. A payoff matrix showing the utility
of each possible outcome is shown. The political
analysts feel there is a 0.51 chance that the
voters will emphasize jobs.
Voters
Jobs Environment
+25
Jobs
- 10
Environment - 15
+30
Which strategy should the candidate adopt? What is the expected utility?
Which should the candidate emphasize to gain the highest utility?
Jobs
Environment
What is the expected utility of the strategy chosen in the previous step?
7.05 (Type an integer or a decimal.)
Consider the coin-matching game played by Richie (row) and Chuck (column) with the payoff matrix
4 -3
-3].
1
(a) Find the optimal strategies for Richie and Chuck.
-3
P =
Q=
(b) Find the value of the game. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
E =
Does it favor one player over the other?
It favors Richie.
It favors Chuck.
It favors neither.
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