W e augmentthe standard Crawford-Sobel(Econometrica 1 982) modelofcheap talkcommunication byallowingthe informed party tousebothcostlessandcostlymessages.Theissuesonwhichwefocus aretheconsequences forcheap talksignalingoftheoption tousea costlysignal(\ burnedmoney");thecircumstances underwhichboth cheap talkandburnedmoneyareusedtosignalinformation;andthe extenttowhichburningmoneyis thepreferred...

Severe burns lead to insulin resistance, which is associated with hyperglycemia and muscle wasting. Investigators showed relatively recently that control of hyperglycemia with intensive insulin treatment is associated with improved outcomes for those in the intensive care unit, including patients with severe burns. In this article, we review the actions of insulin in terms of glycemic control a...