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Game Theory and Strategy · Quiz 1 · 7 Jul 2024 · May 2024 term

Question 2: Which strategies survive Iterated Elimination of Strictly…

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An item is up for auction. Player 1 values the item at 3 while player 2 values the item at 5. Each player can bid either 0, 1 or 2. If player i bids more than player j then i wins the good and pays his bid, while the loser does not pay. If both players bid the same amount, then a coin is tossed to determine who the winner is, who gets the good and pays his bid while the loser pays nothing. Formulate the game in matrix form and answer the given subquestions.

Which strategies survive Iterated Elimination of Strictly Dominated Strategy?

  1. A

    (0, 0)

  2. B

    (1, 1)

  3. C

    (2, 2)

  4. D

    None

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  • C

    (2, 2)

Question 2 of 16 in the IIT Madras BS Game Theory and Strategy (Game Theory) Quiz 1 paper sat on 7 Jul 2024, in the May 2024 term (IIT M DEGREE AN EXAM QDB2 7 July 2024). It carries 3 marks.

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