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In a short 2-3 paragaph response to the following:  

a common resources game that asks "Should we drill another well or not?" Consider this game and describe what the dominant strategy is (as per your text). Consider what will happen if this becomes a repetitive game (both oil companies knowing they will share many oil fields over the next years). Will the dominant strategy survive, and-if not-what strategy could emerge as "best?" based on the scenario below:

A dominant strategy is a strategy that is best for a player in a game regardless of the strategies chosen by the other players (Mankiw, 2015, p. 354). A common resource can throw this off because they are the goods that are rival in consumption but not excludable (Mankiw, 2015, p. 481). In the scenario shown on page 358 of our textbook it lays out the possible outcomes of drilling one well or drilling two wells for two competing companies. The cost for these companies to drill a single well is 1 million dollars and 2 million dollars for two wells. So the potential profit minus cost for either of these companies can range from 3-6 million dollars (Mankiw, 2015, p. 358).