Janeek and Raj are the only two growers who provide organically grown com to a local grocery store. They know that if they cooperated and produced less com, they could raise the price of the corn. If they work independently, they will each earn $100. If they decide to work together and both lower their output, they can each earn $150. If one person lowers output and the other does not, the person who lowers output will earn $0 and the other person will capture the entire market and will earn $200. Reference the game illustrated below where the first payout in each cell is for Janeek and the second is for Raj (J.R) Independent Cooperate Independent ($100, $100) ($0, $200) What is the Nash Equilibrium for this game? (Cooperate, Cooperate) (Cooperate, Independent) (Independent, Cooperate) (Independent, Independent) Cooperate ($200, 50) ($150, $150)

Janeek and Raj are the only two growers who provide organically grown com to a local grocery store. They know that if they cooperated and produced less com, they could raise the price of the corn. If they work independently, they will each earn $100. If they decide to work together and both lower their output, they can each earn $150. If one person lowers output and the other does not, the person who lowers output will earn $0 and the other person will capture the entire market and will earn $200. Reference the game illustrated below where the first payout in each cell is for Janeek and the second is for Raj (J.R) Independent Cooperate Independent ($100, $100) ($0, $200) What is the Nash Equilibrium for this game? (Cooperate, Cooperate) (Cooperate, Independent) (Independent, Cooperate) (Independent, Independent) Cooperate ($200, 50) ($150, $150)

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