Questions from General Economics


Q: Entry Deterrence 1: NSG is considering entry into the local phone

Entry Deterrence 1: NSG is considering entry into the local phone market in the Bay Area. The incumbent S&P, predicts that a price war will result if NSG enters. If NSG stays out, S&P earns monopoly p...

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Q: Strategies and equilibrium: Consider a two player game in which player

Strategies and equilibrium: Consider a two player game in which player 1 can choose A or B. The game ends if he chooses A while it continues to player 2 if he chooses B. Player 2 can then choose C or...

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Q: Monitoring: An employee (player 1) who works for a

Monitoring: An employee (player 1) who works for a boss (player 2) can either work (W) or shirk (S), while his boss can either monitor the employee (M) or ignore him (I). Like most employee-boss relat...

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Q: Centipedes: Imagine a two player game that proceeds as follows.

Centipedes: Imagine a two player game that proceeds as follows. A pot of money is created with $6 in it initially. Player 1 moves first, then player 2, then player 1 again and finally player 2 again....

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Q: Declining Industry: Consider two competing firms in a declining indus-

Declining Industry: Consider two competing firms in a declining indus- try that cannot support both firms profitably. Each firm has three possible choices as it must decide whether or not to exit the...

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Q: Mutually Assured Destruction (revisited): Consider the game in section 8

Mutually Assured Destruction (revisited): Consider the game in section 8.3.3. (a) Find the mixed strategy equilibrium of the war stage game and argue that it is unique. (b) What is the unique sub-game...

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Q: Market entry: There are 3 firms that are considering entering a

Market entry: There are 3 firms that are considering entering a new market. The payoff for each firm that enters is 150 / n where n is the number of firms that enter. The cost of entering is 62. (a) Fi...

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Q: Brothers: Consider the following game that proceeds in two steps:

Brothers: Consider the following game that proceeds in two steps: In the first stage one brother (player 2) has two $10 bills and can choose one of two options: he can give his younger brother (player...

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Q: Continuous all pay auction: Consider an all-pay auction for

Continuous all pay auction: Consider an all-pay auction for a good worth 1 to each of the two bidders. Each bidder can choose to offer a bid from the unit interval so that Si = [0, 1]....

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Q: Entering an Industry: A firm (player 1) is considering

Entering an Industry: A firm (player 1) is considering entering an established industry with one incumbent firm (player 2). Player 1 must choose whether to enter or to not enter the industry. If playe...

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