In the film A Beautiful Mind, each of the three characters, Nash, Sol, and Bender, played a game where each preferred pursuing the blonde while the other two players pursued brunettes, so each preferred a different equilibrium
Also, no player had a dominant strategy in this game. Based on this, explain which of the 5 game archetypes their game did and did not represent.
Because each player preferred a different equilibrium, the game was not one of pure coordination or assurance. Since no player had a dominant strategy, the game was not a prisoner's dilemma. This means the game was either battle of the sexes or chicken. Unless each player ending up with a brunette was seen as a disastrous outcome, then battle of the sexes was most likely the game they were playing.
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A) impose a rent floor above $1350 B) impose a rent floor below $1350 C) impose a rent ceiling above $1350 D) impose a rent ceiling below $1350
Consider two people, Sandy Roos, who earns $25,000 . and Gary Behrman, who earns $50,000 . If the government has decided to tax everyone's first $25,000 at 20 percent and everyone's second $25,000 at 40 percent, then Gary pays
a. $10,000 in taxes and Sandy pays $5,000 in taxes b. $10,000 in taxes and Sandy pays $10,000 in taxes c. $15,000 in taxes and Sandy pays $5,000 in taxes d. $15,000 in taxes and Sandy pays $10,000 in taxes e. $17,000 in taxes and Sandy pays $5,000 in taxes