Alcoa
High
price
Low price
Kaiser
High price
A
$400,
$500
B
$175,
$575
Low
price
C
$525,
$200
D
$273,
$250
Payoffs in millions of
dollars of profits per month.
Alcoa and Kaiser, duopolists in the market for primary aluminum
ingot, choose prices of their 500 foot rolls of sheet aluminum on
the first day of the month. The following payoff table shows their
monthly payoffs resulting from the pricing decisions they can
make.
Is the pricing decision facing...