In the spring of 1994, Northwest Airlines took the independent action of reducing fares on its flights. Other competing airlines quickly matched the fare cuts. These actions might be interpreted as:

A) a noncooperative game.
B) a cooperative game.
C) a constant sum game.
D) a competitive game.


A

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