When does "Learning by Doing" generate current losses?
ISSN: 1435-5469
Año de publicación: 2001
Volumen: 3
Número: 1
Páginas: 55-69
Tipo: Artículo
Otras publicaciones en: Spanish economic review
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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.