Managerial Economics: A Problem Solving Approach
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Chapter15: Strategic Games
Section: Chapter Questions
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Solve parts 1(d) and 1(e) ONLY
![Consider this as a simultaneous-move (static) game:
Player A has three available strategies: Top, Middle, and Bottom. Player B has two available
strategies: Left and Right.
Player B
Left
Right
Top
5,1
1,3
Player A
Middle
0,4
2,4
Bottom
4,2
3,7
1. a) Write down the Best Response Correspondence for each player.
1. b) Does any player have a dominant strategy in this game? Explain.
1. c) Does any player have a dominated strategy in this game? Explain.
1. d) Find all Nash Equilibria in pure strategies of this game.
1. e) Suppose Player A rules out the "Middle" strategy. The game is the same except without
Player A's "Middle" strategy row. Is there any Nash Equilibria in mixed strategies? If so, find
it.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F1542e5de-e392-4bdb-9d95-e5abdf8e6267%2Ff12fd34b-c6bd-4252-9783-1ed2984f9d46%2Fffhn0u1_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Consider this as a simultaneous-move (static) game:
Player A has three available strategies: Top, Middle, and Bottom. Player B has two available
strategies: Left and Right.
Player B
Left
Right
Top
5,1
1,3
Player A
Middle
0,4
2,4
Bottom
4,2
3,7
1. a) Write down the Best Response Correspondence for each player.
1. b) Does any player have a dominant strategy in this game? Explain.
1. c) Does any player have a dominated strategy in this game? Explain.
1. d) Find all Nash Equilibria in pure strategies of this game.
1. e) Suppose Player A rules out the "Middle" strategy. The game is the same except without
Player A's "Middle" strategy row. Is there any Nash Equilibria in mixed strategies? If so, find
it.
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