Kiplinger and Intuit are two rival firms in the tax- software industry. Each faces a choice for
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a. Identify the Nash equilibria of this game, if any exist.
b. Suppose a uniquely talented programmer exists who would enable her employer to bring its product to market before the employers rival even had a chance to choose its development strategy. Either firms failure to hire this programmer will result in her being hired by the other. If the programmers decision rule is to work for the highest bidder and both firms are rational profit-maximizers, for whom will the programmer work, and how much will she bepaid?
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