Pareto Incomparability of (I, T) and (T, I) Allocations
In the pest control game, the allocations (I, T), with payoffs (1, 4), and (T, I), with payoffs (4, 1), are Pareto-incomparable. This means neither allocation Pareto-dominates the other. To move from (I, T) to (T, I), Anil would be better off (payoff increases from 1 to 4), but Bala would be worse off (payoff decreases from 4 to 1). Conversely, moving from (T, I) to (I, T) benefits Bala at Anil's expense. Since a Pareto improvement requires that at least one person is made better off while no one is made worse off, it is not possible to rank these two outcomes using the Pareto criterion.
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