results are less sanguine. Pre-play cheap-talk communication has no effect on the play of the subsequent war of attrition …. Mediated cheap-talk communication is no better: No institution that relies on players' cheap-talk reports can systematically …

In a labor market model with cheap talk, employers can send messages about their willingness to pay for higher … signal revealed to job-seekers. In response to revelation of the cheap talk signal, job-seekers targeted their applications …. The treatment increased measures of match quality through better sorting, illustrating the power of cheap talk for talent …