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The above figure shows the payoff to two airlines, A and B, of serving a particular route. If the two airlines must decide simultaneously, and the government imposes a $20 per firm tax on firms that service this route, which of the following maximizes the firms' joint profits?
◦ Firm A offers firm B $20 to not enter.
◦ Both firms will service this route.
◦ Neither firm services the route.
◦ Firm B offers firm A $30 to not enter.



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Firm A offers firm B $20 to not enter.



 

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