ECM002 Business Economics Instructions: Please answer four out of the following six following questions: Question 1. Suppose Cola- Sol and Miniranda are the only two companies producing a particular type of cola drink in the soft drink industry. Both companies are considering launching a new drink with a light lemon twist. They can launch their products either at a low price or at a high price. The expected net payoffs are the following: If both companies choose a high price strategy‚ Cola-
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Chapter 16 Oligopoly MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Markets with only a few sellers‚ each offering a product similar or identical to the others‚ are typically referred to as a. competitive markets. b. monopoly markets. c. monopolistically competitive markets. d. oligopoly markets. ANSWER: d. oligopoly markets. TYPE: M DIFFICULTY: 1 SECTION: 16.1 2. An oligopoly is a market in which a. there are only a few sellers‚ each offering a product similar or identical
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to different sides‚ they will avoid collision. However‚ if they choose to swerve the same side‚ they will collide. Is there Nash equilibrium in this game? Explain While driving makes communication difficult (i.e.‚ one driver cannot ask the other which way they will serve); intuition suggests that each driver will swerve away from the other. There are two pure Nash equilibria: either both swerve right or both swerve left. Which side the drivers swerve to is irrelevant so long as they both swerve
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singer‚ and philanthropist. Despite Buffalo Springfield success‚ which lead to a future Rock and Roll Hall of Fame bid‚ the band eventually broke up. Young and former band-mate Steven Stills soon partnered together with Graham Nash and David Crosby to form “Crosby‚ Stills‚ Nash‚ and Young (1969). I think this super group would have been considered to be the “American Beatles” during the early 70’s. Though Young stuck with CSN&Y over the next 30 years‚ he still concentrated on his solo work‚ which involved
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$50‚000 $150‚000 $50‚000 zero zero $100‚000 $100‚000 $150‚000 $50‚000 $150‚000 $50‚000 zero zero 10‚000 WISE 20‚000 #15 Find the Nash equilibrium of the game that Bud and Wise play‚ does Bud have a dominant strategy‚ is so what is the strategy?‚ Does Wise have a dominant strategy‚ if so what is the strategy? Nash equilibrium is $100‚000. Each will Limit to 10‚000
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earn $10 million in profits. However‚ if one of you advertises and the other does not‚ the firm that advertises will earn $15 million and the no advertising firm will earn $1 million. If you and your rival plan to be in business for only one year‚ the Nash equilibrium is A. For each firm to advertise. B. For neither firm to advertise. C. For your firm to advertise and the other not to advertise. D. None of the statements associated with this question are
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Psy 315 Obesity: A Rising Epidemic Obesity is a rising epidemic in the United States. Since the early 1970’s‚ the overweight population has more than doubled and has become one of the leading health problems in our country (Ogden‚ Carroll‚ Kit‚ & Flegal‚ 2012). With this rising epidemic brings about heart disease‚ diabetes‚ and other disorders that can become deadly if not treated. An astounding two out of every three people are overweight‚ while one out of three people are obese (Linklater
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public (McKeown & Clancy‚ 1995 as cited in M. Anderson‚ 2003). The film we are going to talk about is the "Beautiful Mind". This film is a true story and it portrays the life of John Nash‚ a nobelist mathematician‚ who had schizophrenia. The story also includes characteristics of a love story‚ between John Nash (Russel Crow) and his wife Alicia (Jennifer Connelly). The Beautiful Mind has been attacked for presenting myths about schizophrenia (Wilkinson‚ 2002 & David‚ 2002)‚ but is it right
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move game 5 3.4.1 The game specified 6 Figure 10.3 A two-player price choice game. 6 3.4.2 Modes of play: non co-operative versus co-operative games 6 3.4.3 The non co-operative solution 7 3.4.3.1 Dominant strategies 7 3.4.3.2 Nash Equilibrium 7 3.4.4 The co-operative solution and its sustainability 8 3.4.4.1 Co-operation through a binding agreement 8 3.5 Games in which one player does not have a dominant strategy 8 Figure 10.4 A two-firm innovation game. 9
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cost is still 6 for each‚ but the benefit is doubled to 8 because they benefit from each other ’s policies. Using this structure‚ we can construct this normal form of the game: from Acre & Sandler Vol. 34 In this model it is clear that the Nash Equilibrium is where neither government has a proactive policy towards terrorists. Because neither government is willing to bear the entire cost‚ neither government will be proactive although the largest
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