##  [Signaling](/signaling) 

  ##  [Signaling](https://social.quantumdictionary.io/signaling-0) 

  

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Definition

An economic mechanism by which an informed party conveys credible information about its unobservable attributes or intentions to uninformed parties through observable actions whose costs or payoffs differ by type, so that observers update beliefs and change behaviour accordingly.