9 Construct a payoff matrix for the game that Black and Green must play. Black and Green

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9 Construct a payoff matrix for the game that Black and Green must play. Black and Green are the only two producers of aniseed beer, a New Age product designed to displace ginger beer. Black and Green are trying to figure out how much of this new beer to produce. They know the following:

(i) If they both limit production to 10,000 litres a day, they will make the maximum attainable joint profi t of

£200,000 a day - £100,000 a day each.

(ii) If either fi rm produces 20,000 litres a day while the other produces 10,000 a day, the one that produces 20,000 litres will make an economic profi t of £150,000 and the other one will incur an economic loss of £50,000.

(iii) If both increase production to 20,000 litres a day, each fi rm will make zero economic profi t

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Economics

ISBN: 9781118150122

10th European Edition

Authors: Michael Parkin, Dr Melanie Powell, Prof Kent Matthews

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