Information, Signaling, and Beliefs

Model the communication of desires and limits as a signaling game with asymmetric information.

Identify conditions for separating equilibria (truthful signaling) and pooling equilibria (ambiguous signaling).

Apply Spence's model to evaluate the role of costly signals in demonstrating relationship commitment.

Use Bayesian updating to model how a partner's beliefs about preferences evolve after observing signals.

Analyze the strategic use of 'cheap talk' for pre-negotiation alignment and preference discovery.

Formulate a screening model where one partner designs a 'test' to reveal the other's private information.