The above figure shows the payoff matrix for two firms, A and B, selecting an advertising budget. The firms must choose between a high advertising budget and a low advertising budget. A Nash equilibrium is that

A) firm A selects a high advertising budget and firm B selects a low advertising budget.
B) firm A selects a low advertising budget and firm B selects a high advertising budget.
C) both firms select a high advertising budget.
D) both firms select a low advertising budget.


C

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Consider the labor market for short-order cooks. An increase in the wages paid to fast-food workers will cause

a. both equilibrium wages and equilibrium employment to increase in the market for short-order cooks. b. both equilibrium wages and equilibrium employment to decrease in the market for short-order cooks. c. equilibrium wages to increase and equilibrium employment to decrease in the market for short-order cooks. d. equilibrium wages to decrease and equilibrium employment to increase in the market for short-order cooks.

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Which of the following correctly describes the system of fractional reserve banking?

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As the price of washing machines fell, tens of millions of housewives substituted _______ for _______.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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