a) Identify the Nash Equilibrium for the "environmental game" for each of these two versions of the payoff matrix. Briefly explain your reasoning. b) Which version of the payoff matrix represents the case in which governments put more weight on domestic producer profits than on domestic consumer wellbeing (perhaps because a portion of the consumer costs are borne by the other country)? Briefly explain how you know, with reference to the numerical payoffs given. c) Identify a “real-world" case in which two or more countries have attempted to achieve a cooperative outcome that Pareto dominates a Nash equilibrium in which neither country

a) Identify the Nash Equilibrium for the "environmental game" for each of these two versions of the payoff matrix. Briefly explain your reasoning. b) Which version of the payoff matrix represents the case in which governments put more weight on domestic producer profits than on domestic consumer wellbeing (perhaps because a portion of the consumer costs are borne by the other country)? Briefly explain how you know, with reference to the numerical payoffs given. c) Identify a “real-world" case in which two or more countries have attempted to achieve a cooperative outcome that Pareto dominates a Nash equilibrium in which neither country

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