Refer to Figure 3.7. Answer the following questions about the game represented in the figure:
a. What type of game is represented by the payoff matrix?
b. Does George have a dominant strategy, and if so, what is it?
c. Does Elaine have a dominant strategy, and if so, what is it?
d. Does George have a tough strategy, and if so, what is it?
e. Does Elaine have a tough strategy, and if so, what is it?
f. Are there any Nash equilibria, and if so, what, are they?
a. This represents a battle of the sexes game.
b. George does not have a dominant strategy.
c. Elaine does not have a dominant strategy.
d. George's tough strategy is to play South.
e. Elaine's tough strategy is to play East.
f. The Nash equilibria occur where George plays South and Elaine plays West, and where George plays North and Elaine plays East.
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