A game in which each player has a dominant strategy of defecting, and each ends up worse off than if they had both cooperated is called
A) a pure coordination game.
B) a prisoner's dilemma game.
C) an assurance game.
D) a battle of the sexes game.

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The prisoner's dilemma game is characterized by a situation where each player has a dominant strategy to defect, leading to an outcome that is worse for both than if they had cooperated. This scenario highlights the conflict between individual rationality and collective benefit.

A Game in Which Each Player Has a Dominant Strategy