A game in which the players explicitly coordinate their decisions to make themselves better off is a
A) cooperative game.
B) noncooperative game.
C) zero-sum game.
D) negative-sum game.

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In a cooperative game, players explicitly coordinate their decisions to make themselves better off. This is in contrast to a noncooperative game, where each player acts independently, and a zero-sum or negative-sum game, where one player's gain is another player's loss. Therefore, choice A is the best answer.

A Game in Which the Players Explicitly Coordinate Their Decisions