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!rowspan=2 style="padding:6px 6px 6px 30px"|''A''
 
!rowspan=2 style="padding:6px 6px 6px 30px"|''A''
 
|style="border-style:solid; border-width:1px; padding:6px"|not confess
 
|style="border-style:solid; border-width:1px; padding:6px"|not confess
|style="border-style:solid; border-width:1px; padding:6px; background:#999999"|A: good / B: good
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|style="border-style:solid; border-width:1px; padding:6px; background:#00FF33"|A: good / B: good
 
|style="border-style:solid; border-width:1px; padding:6px"|A: bad / B: very good
 
|style="border-style:solid; border-width:1px; padding:6px"|A: bad / B: very good
 
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|style="border-style:solid; border-width:1px; padding:6px"|confess
 
|style="border-style:solid; border-width:1px; padding:6px"|confess
 
|style="border-style:solid; border-width:1px; padding:6px"|A: very good / B: bad
 
|style="border-style:solid; border-width:1px; padding:6px"|A: very good / B: bad
|style="border-style:solid; border-width:1px; padding:6px"|A: OK / B: OK
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|style="border-style:solid; border-width:1px; padding:6px; background:#FF3300"|A: OK / B: OK
 
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In the one-stage game shown at the right side, prisoners A and B can concurrently choose between "not confess" and "confess". The result can either be "very good", "good", "OK", or "bad".
 
In the one-stage game shown at the right side, prisoners A and B can concurrently choose between "not confess" and "confess". The result can either be "very good", "good", "OK", or "bad".
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The highlighted field ("not confess/not confess") is the Pareto optimal situation.
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The green field ("not confess/not confess") is the Pareto optimal situation.  However, the red field in the [[Nash equilibrium]] solution.
    
However, the Pareto optimal solution is not the equilibrium solution.  For example, in "not confess/confess" ("bad" for A, "very good" for B), A could switch to "confess". The result improves A's result to "OK" while changing B's result also to "OK".  However now at "confess/confess", if B changes to "not confess", his result becomes "bad".  Thus, "confess/confess" would be the equilibrium outcome.
 
However, the Pareto optimal solution is not the equilibrium solution.  For example, in "not confess/confess" ("bad" for A, "very good" for B), A could switch to "confess". The result improves A's result to "OK" while changing B's result also to "OK".  However now at "confess/confess", if B changes to "not confess", his result becomes "bad".  Thus, "confess/confess" would be the equilibrium outcome.
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