Consider the following the pricing game in which Greyhound and Trailways simultaneously choose the price of a seat on their buses from Philly to Allentown. Their choices are: Greyhound: $10, $20, or $50 Trailways: $30 or $40 Assume there are 100 customers who will split evenly between the bus lines if the prices are within $10 of each other. If the prices are more than $10 apart, then 70 customers will take the cheaper seats and 30 will take the more expensive seats. Write down the payoff matrix for this game. Remember, payoff revenue= (price per seat)x(number of customers)

Consider the following the pricing game in which Greyhound and Trailways simultaneously choose the price of a seat on their buses from Philly to Allentown. Their choices are: Greyhound: $10, $20, or $50 Trailways: $30 or $40 Assume there are 100 customers who will split evenly between the bus lines if the prices are within $10 of each other. If the prices are more than $10 apart, then 70 customers will take the cheaper seats and 30 will take the more expensive seats. Write down the payoff matrix for this game. Remember, payoff revenue= (price per seat)x(number of customers)

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Chapter11: Monopoly And Antitrust Policy

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Problem 3SCQ: Some years ago. two intercity bus companies, Greyhound Lines, Inc. and Trailways Transportation...

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