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in the Following Duopoly Game, the Two Firms

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Table 16-4
In the following duopoly game, the two firms can either set the price of their product high or low.In this market, customers are very price sensitive: when one firm sets a low price it steals the majority of customers from its competitor.The game is represented in the table below.  Firm B  High Price  Low Price  Firm A  High Price  Firm A gets $500  Firm A get $300  Firm B gets $500  Firm B gets $600  Low Price  Firm A gets $600  Firm A gets $400  Firm B gets $300  Firm B gets $400 \begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|}\hline&&\text { Firm B }\\&&\text { High Price }&\text { Low Price }\\\hline \text { Firm A }&\text { High Price }&\text { Firm A gets \$500 } & \text { Firm A get \$300 } \\&& \text { Firm B gets \$500 } & \text { Firm B gets \$600 } \\\hline &\text { Low Price }&\text { Firm A gets \$600 } & \text { Firm A gets \$400 } \\&&\text { Firm B gets \$300 } & \text { Firm B gets \$400 } \\\hline\end{array}
-Refer to table 16-4.The dominant strategy for the firms are:


A) firm A sets low price, firm B sets low price
B) firm A sets low price, firm B sets high price
C) firm A sets high price, firm B sets low price
D) firm A sets high price, firm B sets high price

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