Michigan MI) and Wisconsin WI) Both Border Lake Michigan

Multiple Choice

Michigan MI) and Wisconsin WI) both border Lake Michigan. Both states pollute Lake Michigan and both states suffer the consequences of the pollution. However, the two states face a prisoner's dilemma of the sort studied in Chapter 12. Each country must decide whether to protect or not to protect Lake Michigan from pollution. The payoffs from the choices are shown in the table below.

From the table, we know that the outcome of this game will be

A) neither state choosing to protect the lake
B) Wisconsin choosing to not protect the lake, Michigan choosing to protect the lake
C) Wisconsin choosing to protect the lake, Michigan choosing to not protect the lake
D) both states choosing to protect the lake