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Consider the following centipede game. At Player 1's first node, he chooses between down (D), which immediately ends the game with payoffs (1,1), or across (A). If A, then Player 2 chooses between down (d), which ends the game with payoffs (0,4), and across (a). If a, then Player 1 moves, choosing between going across (α) or down (δ). If he goes across, payoffs are (2,5); if he goes down, payoffs are (3,3). The game that we have constructed is as follows: Which of the following statements is FALSE? If Player 1 acts rationally at the last node, he will choose down Player 2, expecting that Player 1 will act rationally at the last node, will play down The equilibrium outcome is (3,3) Assuming both players play rationally, the game ends at the first node

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Consider the following centipede game. At Player 1's first node, he chooses between down (D), which immediately ends the game with payoffs (1,1), or across (A). If A, then Player 2 chooses between down (d), which ends the game with payoffs (0,4), and across (a). If a, then Player 1 moves, choosing between going across (α) or down (δ). If he goes across, payoffs are (2,5); if he goes down, payoffs are (3,3). The game that we have constructed is as follows: Which of the following statements is FALSE? If Player 1 acts rationally at the last node, he will choose down Player 2, expecting that Player 1 will act rationally at the last node, will play down The equilibrium outcome is (3,3) Assuming both players play rationally, the game ends at the first node

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Solution

The statement that is FALSE is: "The equilibrium outcome is (3,3)".

Here's why:

  1. If Player 1 acts rationally at the last node, he will choose down. This is TRUE. If Player 1 reaches the last node, he will choose down (δ) because the payoff (3,3) is higher than going across (α) which has a payoff of (2,5).

  2. Player 2, expecting that Player 1 will act rationally at the last node, will play down. This is TRUE. Knowing that Player 1 will choose down at the last node, Player 2 will choose down (d) at her node to get a payoff of (0,4) instead of going across (a) and ending up with a lower payoff of (2,5).

  3. The equilibrium outcome is (3,3). This is FALSE. The equilibrium outcome is actually (1,1) because if both players act rationally, Player 1 will choose down (D) at the first node, ending the game immediately with the payoff of (1,1). This is because Player 1 knows that if he goes across (A), Player 2 will choose down (d) at her node to get a payoff of (0,4), which is less than the payoff of (1,1) if he chooses down at the first node.

  4. Assuming both players play rationally, the game ends at the first node. This is TRUE. As explained above, if both players act rationally, Player 1 will choose down (D) at the first node, ending the game immediately with the payoff of (1,1).

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