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. The numbers are millions of dollars of profit
The Nash equilibrium is for Intel to ________ and for AMD to ________. A) conduct R&D; conduct R&D
B) conduct R&D; not conduct R&D
C) not conduct R&D; conduct R&D
D) not conduct R&D; not conduct R&D
E) conduct R&D; either conduct R&D or not conduct R&D, the equilibrium could be either choice for AMD
A
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