Question: Derive the mixed strategy equilibrium if both Intel and AMD act simultaneously in the game in the Managerial Solution. What is the expected profit of
Derive the mixed strategy equilibrium if both Intel and AMD act simultaneously in the game in the Managerial Solution. What is the expected profit of each firm?
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Intel and AMD, the dominant central processing unit manufacturers, decide whether to set their advertising levels low or high. For now, suppose that they play this game once, act simultaneously, and their profits are symmetric. If both choose low levels of advertising, Intel's profit,
pi Subscript Upper II
and AMD's profit,
pi Subscript Upper AA
are each
If both choose high, each earns
If Intel's advertising is high and AMD's is low,
pi Subscript Upper IIequals
and
pi Subscript Upper AAequals
If Intel's advertising is low and AMD's is high,
pi Subscript Upper IIequals
and
pi Subscript Upper AAequals
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Let the probability that a firm chooses low be
alpha
for Intel and
beta
for AMD. If the firms choose their advertising independently, then
alphabeta
is the probability that both choose low advertising,
minusalphaminusbeta
is the probability that both choose high advertising,
alphaminusbeta
is the probability that Intel chooses low and AMD chooses high, and
minusalphabeta
is the probability that Intel chooses high and AMD chooses low.
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