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Micro Review
Game Theory and Taxation
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Dominant Strategy
• One strategy is better for a given player, regardless of what his/her opponent chooses to do
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Uptown: DominantStrategy = LowRareair: Dominant Strategy = Low
Game TheoryGame Theory Model to Analyze Behavior
RareAir’s Price Strategy
Upt
own’
s Pr
ice
Stra
tegy
A B
C D
$12
$12
$15
$6
$8
$8
$6
$15
High
High
Low
Low•2 Competitors•2 Price Strategies•Each Strategy Has
a Payoff Matrix
O 23.2
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Nash EquilibriumNash Equilibrium
NASH EQUILIBRIUM : when each player is pursuing their best possible strategy in the full knowledge of the other players’ strategies. A Nash equilibrium is reached when nobody has any incentive to change their strategy.
John F. Nash, 1928 - Russell Crow portrays John Nash in A Beautiful Mind
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An Example of a Nash Equilibrium
a b
b 2,1
0,1
1,0
1,2
Row
Column
a
(b,a) is a Nash equilibrium.To prove this: Given that column is playing a, row’s best response is b. Given that row is playing b, column’s best response is a.
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Tax IncidenceEfficiency Loss of a Tax
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ce (
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ttle
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Tax $2
Tax Paid byConsumers
Tax Paid byProducers
EfficiencyLoss (or
DeadweightLoss)
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Tax Incidence
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P
P
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Tax Incidence andElastic Demand- burden on the
supplier
Tax Incidence andInelastic Demand- burden on
the consumer
Demand Elasticity and the Incidenceof an Excise Tax
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Tax TaxSt
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Q2
P1
Pe
Pa
P1
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Pb
Q1 Q2Q1
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