If two firms operate in a market that is characterized as being a Prisoner's Dilemma, and the two strategies given them are to restrict output or expand output, which of the following strategy pairs would represent the cooperative solution in a duopoly for firm 1 and firm 2, and firm 1 given first in each pair?
a. {expand output, restrict output}
b. {restrict output, expand output}
c. {restrict output, restrict output}
d. {expand output, expand output}
c
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A) risk sharing. B) risk aversion. C) risk neutrality. D) risk selling.
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c. focus on controlling inflation. d. stimulate permanent shifts in aggregate demand. e. develop a two-pronged policy to control both unemployment and inflation.
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a. wholesale value of all goods and services produced by U.S. owned corporations. b. market value of all final goods and services produced during a year by resources located in the United States. c. initial production value of foreign and Untied States owned corporations who pay taxes in the United States. d. aggregate consumer purchases of goods and services sold in a year in the United States.
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A. checkable deposits. B. excess reserves. C. reserves. D. net worth.