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Question #1

Game theory:

A. replaces the monopoly model.

B. replaces the perfectly competitive market model.

C. is more restrictive than the standard supply/demand model.

D. is more flexible than the standard supply/demand model.

Question #2

A Nash equilibrium is:

A. the payoff that maximizes the joint payoff.

B. the set of strategies such that no player can improve his or her position by changing his or her own action.

C. the output level that minimizes average total cost.

D. the strategy that maximizes the outcome of all the players.

Question #3

A set of strategies in which no player can improve his or her payoff by changing his or her own action is called:

A. a framing strategy.

B. a Vickrey position.

C. a dominant strategy

D. a Nash equilibrium.

Question #4

If the payoffs from strategy Y are always greater than strategy X,

A. than the payoffs are a Nash equilibrium.

B. strategy X strictly dominates strategy X.

C. strategy X strictly dominates strategy Y.

D. strategy Y strictly dominates strategy X.