Nash Equilibrium Case Study

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1. (b) Assume that two countries are competitors in the international trade markets. The two governments are thinking about whether it is profitable to adopt a free trade policy or not. The entries in the table below are showing (in millions of pounds) the gains of each policy. Find the Nash equilibrium. Analyse how you conclude to your answer. Free Trade Policy 60,60 20,70 Imposing Restrictions 70,20 30,30 The Nash equilibrium refers to the strategy that would benefit both the parties at the same time. In the above question the pay offs of Country A are in the right hand side while the pay offs of Country B are in the left hand side. In the above case if Country B assumes: 1. Country A takes Free Trade Policy Or Imposing Restrictions in both the cases Country B will choose IMPOSING RESTRICTIONS as the pay off in adopting this strategy is more. Hence this is the dominant strategy for the company. In the above case if Country A assumes: 1. Country B takes Free Trade Policy or Imposing Restrictions in both the cases Country A will choose IMPOSING RESTRICTIONS as the pay off in adopting this strategy is more. Hence this is the dominant strategy for the company. In this case if we get 30, 30 as the Nash equilibrium since by following this strategy both the countries are at profit. (c) Modify your answer when the table of gains are changed as: Free Trade Policy 60,60 70,80 Imposing Restrictions In the above case if Country B assumes: 1. Country A takes Free Trade Policy Or Imposing Restrictions in both the cases Country B will choose IMPOSING RESTRICTIONS as the pay off in adopting this strategy is more. Hence this is the dominant strategy for the company. In the above case if Country A ass... ... middle of paper ... ...he currency and to maintain the exchange rate the Government needs to sell out the foreign reserves of the Bank. Hence the monetary policies are ineffective under the fixed exchange rates. 2 1 Y1 Y2 Paula, H(1973) On Measuring of Monetary policy and concepts, McGraw Hill, London Press, London, 88-121 Carlton, Jacob, G (1890) Keynesian Theory Of Unemployment, Journal of Business Ron, Walt. V(2001) The Theories of Fixed Exchange Rate, Business Economics papers, vol11, 345-67 Nelly, Jackson & Von. G(1994) The Game theory and its concepts in an economy, Moira, Ben. C(1920) Monetarism and its policies, Advanced Macroeconomics, 213- Warren, Ven. S(2004) Nash Equilibrium and its concepts used in an Economy, Journal of Business Economics, 7, 345-67 Samuel, Andy(1993) Free International Trade being used widely, Business Economic Papers, vol14, 421-56

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