Suppose Jordan and Lee are trying to decide what to do on a Friday. Jordan would...
Cart and Robert are trying to decide what movie to see together. There are two theaters in town, each playing one movie. Carl would prefer to see one movie (call it movie C) and Robert would prefer to see the other movie (movie R), but both would prefer to see one of the movies together rather than their preferred movies separately. As they are discussing where to meet, Robert's cell phone loses power, cutting the conversation short. Both movies start...
1. Let's make a deal. Now suppose the two firms could agree to share technology secrets and split the monopoly profits. If they both cooperate, they each earn 2, and if they both defect, they each earn 1 (payoffs are in billions of dollars). However, if one firm cooperates, the other can defect and earn 3, while the other earns 0. (a) Write down this prisoner's dilemma with a payoff matrix. (b) If the firms interact just once (1.e. the...