Intel and AMD are a duopoly that produces CPU chips. Intel and AMD can conduct R&D or they cannot conduct R&D. The table above shows the payoff matrix for the two firms. AMD is playing a tit-for-tat strategy and Intel did not conduct R&D last
Then, of the following answers, Intel's total profit for the next two periods is the highest if Intel ________ R&D this period and ________ R&D next period. A) conducts; conducts
B) does not conduct; conducts
C) conducts; does not conduct
D) does not conduct; does not conduct
E) conducts; either conducts or does not conduct because the profit is the same in either case
B
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