Multidimensional Cheap Talk and Delegation

lignment with the legislator on the dimension of its expertise, and on the conflict of lobby interests. Full revelation is possible only when each lobby's preference on its expertise is completely aligned with the legislator's. Otherwise, greater preference alignment and lowered lobbyist conflict induce more transmission. We also show that results are sensitive to the legislator's expertise. In turn, we demonstrate how informational impacts provide predictions about when legislators will delegate to an expert, and we note our analyses' broader empirical implications.