Table 11-6
Suppose OPEC has only two producers,Saudi Arabia and Nigeria.Saudi Arabia has far more oil reserves and is the lower cost producer compared to Nigeria.The payoff matrix in Table 11-6 shows the profits earned per day by each country."Low output" corresponds to producing the OPEC assigned quota and "high output" corresponds to producing the maximum capacity beyond the assigned quota.
-Refer to Table 11-6.Is there a dominant strategy for Saudi Arabia and,if so,what is it?
A) Yes,the dominant strategy is to produce a high output.
B) Yes,the dominant strategy is to produce a low output.
C) No,there is no dominant strategy.
D) Yes,it has a dominant strategy depending on what Nigeria does.
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