Principles of Economics 2e
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Chapter 10, Problem 20P
May and Raj me the only two growers who provide organically grown corn to a local grocery store. They know that if they cooperated and produced less corn, they could raise the price of the com. If they work independently, they will each earn
If they decide to work together and both lower their output, they call each earn
If one person lowers output and the other does not, the person who lowers output will earn $1 and the other person will capture the entire market and will earn
Table 10.6 represents the choices available to Mary and Raj. What is the best choice for Raj if he is sole that Mary will cooperate? If Mary thinks Raj will cheat, what should Mary do and why? What is the prisoner’s dilemma result? What is the preferred choice if they could ensure cooperation? A = Work independently; B = Cooperate and Lower Output. (Each results entry lists Raj’s earnings first, and Mary’s earnings second.)
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Mary and Raj are the only two growers who provide organically grown corn to a local grocery store. They know that if they cooperated and produced less corn, they could raise the price of the corn. If they work independently, they will each earn $100. If they decide to work together and both lower their output, they can each earn $150. If one person lowers output and the other does not, the person who lowers output will earn $0 and the other person will capture the entire market and will earn $200. Table represents the choices available to Mary and Raj. What is the best choice for Raj if he is sure that Mary will cooperate? If Mary thinks Raj will cheat, what should Mary do and why? What is the prisoner’s dilemma result? What is the preferred choice if they could ensure cooperation? A = Work independently; B = Cooperate and Lower Output
Mary and Raj are the only two growers who provide organically grown corn to a local grocery store. They know that if they cooperated and produced less
corn, they could raise the price of the corn. If they work independently, they will each earn $100. If they decide to work together and both lower their
output, they can each earn $150. If one person lowers output and the other does not, the person who lowers output will earn $0 and the other person
will capture the entire market and will earn $200. The table represents the choices available to Mary and Raj. What is the best choice for Raj if he is sure
that Mary will cooperate?
Mary Keeps Producing Mary Lowers Output
Raj Keeps Producing
$100, $100
$200, $0
$150, $150
Raj Lowers Output $0, $200
O If Raj is sure Mary will cooperate, he should cheat.
O If Raj is sure that Mary will cooperate, he should agree to work together.
O If Raj is sure Mary will cooperate, he should work independently.
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