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Strategic Interaction Analysis
Consider a scenario where a dominant firm in a market first announces its new pricing strategy for the upcoming year. A smaller, rival firm then observes this new pricing and subsequently decides on its own pricing strategy. Explain why this interaction is classified as a sequential game. In your explanation, identify the key feature that distinguishes it from a situation where both firms decide their prices at the same time without knowledge of the other's choice.
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