5. To advertise or not to advertise Suppose that Expresso and Beantown are the o

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5. To advertise or not to advertise Suppose that Expresso and Beantown are the only two firms that sell coffee. The following payoff matrix shows the profit (in millions of dollars) each company will earn depending on whether or not it advertises: Beantown Advertise Doesn't Advertise Advertise 8, 8 15, 2 Expresso Doesn't Advertise 2,15 9,9 For example, the upper right cell shows that if Expresso advertises and Beantown doesn't advertise, Expresso will make a profit of $15 million, and Beantown will make a profit of $2 million. Assume this is a simultaneous game and that Expresso and Beantown are both profit-maximizing firms. If Expresso decides to advertise, it will earn a profit of$ million if Beantown advertises and a profit of$ million if Beantown does not If Expresso decides not to advertise, it will earn a profit of $ not advertise. million if Beantown advertises and a profit of million if Beantown does If Beantown advertises, Expresso makes a higher profit if it chooses If Beantown doesn't advertise, Expresso makes a higher profit if it chooses Suppose that both firms start off not advertising. If the firms act independe not to advertise es will they end up choosing? to advertise Expresso will choose to advertise and Beantown will choose not

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1. $8 million ; $15 million

2. $2 million ; $9 million

3. Advertise

4. Advertise

5. Both firms will chose to advertise

6. Both firms will chose not to advertise

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