(Optional, requires appendix) An auditor for the IRS is reviewing Wanda’s latest tax return (see Exercise S10), on which she reports having had a bad year. Assume that Wanda is playing according to her equilibrium strategy and that the auditor knows this.
(a) Using Bayes’ rule, find the probability that Wanda had a good year given that she reports having had a bad year.
(b) Explain why the answer in part (a) is more or less than the baseline probability of having a good year, 0.6.
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