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Mugger Gun & show No gun Gun & hide Simon Simon Do not resist Do not resist Do not resist Resist Resist Resist Mugger 34 Simon 2 3 5 2 6 5 2 4 6 3

Which strategy or strategies are strictly dominated, and which one is weakly dominated?

A.

Gun & Show

B.

Gun & Hide

C.

No Gun

D.

RR

E.

RN

F.

NR

G.

NN

H.

None of the strategies are strictly dominated

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Answer #1

Gun and Show strategy for Mugger is weakly dominated by the Gun and Hide strategy.
Because, if he follows this, he may have a payoff of 3 or 4 depending on Simon's reaction. However,, the strategy Gun and Hide would always yield better payoffs of 3 or 5!
While the payoff is 3, when Simon chooses "Resist strategy is common in both strategies of the Mugger, Gun and Hide strategy yields a payoff 5 when Simon chooses "Do not resist" while Gun and Show yields the payoff 4.
Hence, the mugger would always choose Gun and Hide over Gun and Show.
Hence the strategy Gun and Show is Weakly Dominated.

There is no strongly dominated or strongly dominant strategy here, as the payoffs in any one trategy are not absolutely greater than payoffs in any other strategy.

Let me know if any queries.

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