Table 9.3
Firm A(Alistair's) and Firm B (Baine's) are the only firms selling luggage in the upscale town of Adelaide. Each firm must decide on whether to increase its advertising spending to compete for customers. If one firm increases its advertising budget but the other does not, then the firm with the higher advertising budget will increase its profit. Table 9.3 shows the payoff matrix for this advertising game.
-Refer to Table 9.3.The Nash equilibrium in this game is:
A) There is no Nash equilibrium.
B) Baine increases its advertising budget, but Alistair does not.
C) Alistair increases its advertising budget, but Baine does not.
D) Both Alistair and Baine increase their advertising budgets.
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