When does "Learning by Doing" generate current losses?

  1. Álvarez González, Francisco
  2. Cerdá Tena, Emilio
Revista:
Spanish economic review

ISSN: 1435-5469

Año de publicación: 2001

Volumen: 3

Número: 1

Páginas: 55-69

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1007/PL00013585 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: Spanish economic review

Resumen

Abstract. We study under which conditions a learning by doing effect in the industry causes a monopolist to operate at a loss for some initial periods. Those conditions involve a parameter of the learning process, the slope of inverse demand function and the discount parameter. In order to get results, we explore the analytical solution to a T-period learning by doing model, which is also a novelty. Numerical examples are presented.