Refer to the normal-form game of advertising shown below. Firm A Advertise Do Not Advertise Firm B Advertise $0, $0 $10, $175 Do Not Advertise $175, $10 $125, $125 Suppose there is a 10 percent chance that the advertising game depicted in Figure 10- will end next period. What is the present value to firm A of agreeing to the strategy (do not advertise, do not advertise)?

a) Write out the extensive form of a game between a farmer (playing in the first round) and nature (playing a mixed strategy in the second round).  Assume that the farmer can either pay a cash rent of $1500 for land (English system) or 1/2 of crop production to the landlord (sharecropping).  Assume the farmer is planting corn and will produce 2 tons of corn.  Assume that nature has a 50% chance of playing a strategy in which the price of corn is $3500/ton and a 50% chance of playing a strategy in which the price of corn is $500/ton.  The farmer keeps any money left after paying cash rent and sells any corn left after paying the landlord in sharecropping. b)What is the most that a risk neutral farmer would be willing to pay for an accurate prediction of the price of corn in problem 1 before choosing whether to pay cash rent or sharecrop?

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Consider the extensive form game show in the figure below. How many strategies does Player 2 have in this game? 6 Numerical answer a2 (2,2,1) 2 a1 b₂ 1 (2,4,2) 3 C₂ a3 by a2 d₂ (3,5,3) (3,1,2) b₂ b3 (4,2,0) (2,0,2) az (3) b3 (0,3,4)

38. Consider the following game. There are ten churches in town: nine are Catholic and one is Eastern Orthodox. All churches conduct their divine services at 10am on Sunday morning. You and your friend, without communication, agree to meet at a church service. If you fail to meet at the same church, then you are sad and become a Doomer. What is this game's focal point? Remember that you cannot communicate about this. (A) You meet at any of the Catholic churches. (B) You meet at any of the churches – denomination does not matter. We're all the same bro. (C) You meet at the Orthodox church. (D) There is no focal point. 39. Consider a fractional-reserve banking system in which an initial deposit of $1,000 can generate up to $4,000 in money. What is the reserve ratio? (A) 4 percent. (B) 5 percent. (C) 25 percent. (D) 75 percent.

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q19 If you advertise and your rival advertises, you each will earn $4 million in profits. If neither of you advertises, you will each earn $10 million in profits. However, if one of you advertises and the other does not, the firm that advertises will earn $1 million and the non-advertising firm will earn $5 million. If you and your rival plan to be in business for 10 years, then the Nash equilibrium is a. for each firm to not advertise in any year. b. for neither firm to advertise in early years but to advertise in later years. c. for each firm to advertise every year. d. for each firm to advertise in early years but not advertise in later years.

Refer to the accompanying game.   Firm A Firm B   Low Price High Price Low Price (10,9) (15,8) High Price (−10,7) (11,11)     What are the secure strategies for firm A and firm B, respectively?

QUESTION 12 This is a HOT SPOT question. You will need to evaluate the picture of the game below, and answer the question by clicking on a specific area (the hot spot) of the picture. Question: Are there any dominant strategies in this game? If there are, click on the box that corresponds to that dominant strategy (either UP, DOWN, LEFT, or RIGHT). If there aren't any anywhere outside of these boxes. If there are dominant strategies for both players, clicking on only one of them will suffice. Player 1 Player 2 Selected Coordinates Clear UP DOWN LEFT 45, 80 70, 100 RIGHT 50, 150 60, 60