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Consider the case of Rena's kidney. A good friend of yours, Rena Elle, needs a kidney. There are two potential volunteers: Cameron and Simone. If one donates and the other does not, the one who free rides gets 5,000 of benefit; the one who donates gets 5,000 of benefit but suffers 4,000 of costs, for a net gain of 1,000. If Cameron and Simone both donate, surgeons take both their kidneys and choose the healthiest one for Rena. Then, both Simone and Cameron get a net benefit of 1,000 each. Finally, if neither donates, Rena dies, and nobody gets any payoff at all. Using your intuition, what would happen to Cameron's and Simone's ideal strategies if the benefit to having Rena saved were 4,500 instead of 5,000?
A. Regardless of payoff, Rena needs a kidney to live, so Cameron and Simone will not alter their ideal strategies.
B. Since Rena is less valuable to Cameron and Simone, they will donate with lower probability.
C. It reduces the likelihood of one player donating, so the other player will donate with higher probability.
D. If the benefit to Cameron and Simone decreases by 500, both will play their tough strategies and Rena will die.