Given below are the payoff tables for two airlines. Please explain why the airlines are better off either raising prices together or lowering prices together.
Airline A |
Airline B |
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Low Price |
High Price |
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Low Price |
(15, 15) |
(10, −8) |
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High Price |
(−8, 10) |
(15, 15) |
When Airline A lowers price then it will either earn 15 or 10, Airline B will have to lower price as 15>-8
When Airline B lowers price then it either earn 15 or 10, Airline A will have to lower price as 15>-8
similarly,
When Airline A increases price it will either earn -8 or 15,Airline B will increase price as 15>10
When Airline B increases price then it will either earn -8 or 15, Airline A will increase price as 15>10
so,both the airlines are better off either increasing the prices or decreasing the prices together in order to get maximum payoff.
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