The marketing manager of Abacus Video Games Inc. announces in an interview that the firm intends to slash the prices of its play stations to match those of Zensa's gaming stations, if Zensa lowers itsprices. The kind of signal being sent by Abacus's manager can be BEST described as a(n)

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Cheap talk signals are those that do not involve significant costs to the sender. In this case, the manager's announcement does not involve any immediate action or cost; it's merely a statement of intent contingent on a competitor's action, thus fitting the definition of cheap talk.

The Marketing Manager of Abacus Video Games Inc