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If Prisoners X and Y in the Table Shown Could  Prisoner Y \text { Prisoner Y }

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If prisoners X and Y in the table shown could develop a credible commitment device, then we would expect                                      Prisoner Y \text { Prisoner Y }

 confess Prisoner X  remain silent  confess  remain silent 10 years each  0 years for X30 years for Y 0 years for Y30 years for X 2 years for each \begin{array}{l}\begin{array} { l } &\text { confess} \\\text { Prisoner X } \\&\text { remain silent } \\\end{array}\begin{array} {| l| l|} \hline {\text { confess }} & {\text { remain silent }} \\\hline 10 \text { years each } & \begin{array}{l}\text { 0 years for } \mathrm{X} \\30 \text { years for } \mathrm{Y}\end{array} \\\hline \begin{array}{l}\text { 0 years for } \mathrm{Y} \\30 \text { years for } \mathrm{X}\end{array} & \text { 2 years for each } \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}


A) Both prisoners to remain silent
B) Both prisoners to confess
C) No specific strategy to dominate their decisions
D) X will confess.Y will remain silent

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