Credible Cheap-Talk Communication of Private Demand Information on Both the Forecast Average and Accuracy

Tao Lu
Tao Lu
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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6373-3285
School of Business, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269
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Brian Tomlin
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Brian Tomlin
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Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755
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Tao Lu

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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6373-3285

School of Business, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269

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Brian Tomlin

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Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755

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Published Online:21 May 2025https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.02726

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cover image Management Science

Volume 72, Issue 2

February 2026

Pages 783-1726, iv-vi

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Received:August 28, 2023
Accepted:July 25, 2024
Published Online:May 21, 2025

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Tao Lu, Brian Tomlin (2025) Credible Cheap-Talk Communication of Private Demand Information on Both the Forecast Average and Accuracy. Management Science 72(2):989-1006.

https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.02726

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The authors thank department editor Victor Martínez-de-Albéniz, the associate editor, and two anonymous reviewers for their helpful feedback.