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Firm A (the "acquirer") is considering taking over firm T (the "target It does not know firm T's value; it believes that this value, when firm controlled by its own management, is at least $0 and at most $100, and assigns equal probability to each of the 101 dollar values in this range. Firm T knows its own value. Firm T will be worth 50% more under firm A's management than it is under its own management. Suppose that firm A bids y to take over firm T, and firm T is worth x (under its own management). Then if T accepts A's offer, A's payoff is x-y and T's payoff is y; if T rejects A's offer, A's payoff is 0 and T's payoff is x. Model this situation as a Bayesian game in which firm A chooses how much to offer and firm T decides the lowest offer to accept. Find the Nash equilibrium (equilibria) of this game. Explain why the logic behind the equilibrium is called adverse selection.

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The logic behind the equilibrium equation is y=mc
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