Suppose that Hickory Manufacturing, Inc., a corporation headquartered in North Carolina, believes that it is entitled to a $24,700 federal tax refund, and that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has wrongfully refused to issue the refund. If Hickory Manufacturing elects to sue the United States (the IRS is a federal administrative agency) to recover the refund, it must pursue the matter: A. in federal court, since the United States is a party to the litigation.

B. in North Carolina state court, since the company is headquartered in North Carolina.

C. through binding arbitration, non-binding arbitration, or mediation, since the United States has governmental immunity in the court system (although it does allow claims against the federal government to be pursued via alternate dispute resolution).

D. in United States Tax Court, since the dispute involves a tax matter.

Suppose that fizzo and pop hop are the only two firms that sell orange soda. the following payoff matrix shows the profit (in millions of dollars) each company will earn depending on whether or not it advertises: pop hopadvertise doesn’t advertisefizzo advertise 10, 10 18, 2doesn’t advertise 2, 18 11, 11for example, the upper right cell shows that if fizzo advertises and pop hop doesn't advertise, fizzo will make a profit of $18 million, and pop hop will make a profit of $2 million. assume this is a simultaneous game and that fizzo and pop hop are both profit-maximizing firms. if fizzo decides to advertise, it will earn a profit if pop hop advertises and a profit if pop hop does not advertise. if fizzo decides not to advertise, it will earn a profit if pop hop advertises and a profit if pop hop does not advertise. if pop hop advertises, fizzo makes a higher profit if it chooses (not to advertise, to .if pop hop doesn't advertise, fizzo makes a higher profit if it chooses (not to advertise, to . suppose that both firms start off not advertising. if the firms act independently, what strategies will they end up choosing? fizzo will choose to advertise and pop hop will choose not to advertise. both firms will choose to advertise. fizzo will choose not to advertise and pop hop will choose to advertise. both firms will choose not to advertise. again, suppose that both firms start off not advertising. if the firms decide to collude, what strategies will they end up choosing? fizzo will choose not to advertise and pop hop will choose to advertise. both firms will choose not to advertise. fizzo will choose to advertise and pop hop will choose not to advertise. both firms will choose to advertise.