Foster, and participants at the NBER/CRIW conference on Producer Dynamics in April 2005 and at an AEA/SBA session in January 2005. We also would like to thank Paul Hanczaryk for helping us understand the Census Bureau's nonemployer data. This work has undergone a more limited review than official Census Bureau publications. The views, findings, and opinions expressed in this work are those of the authors and not the U.S. Census Bureau. All results have been reviewed to ensure confidentiality.
In this paper, I derive a structural econometric model of learning by doing from a dynamic oligopoly game. Unlike previous empirical models, this model is capable of testing hypotheses concerning both the technological nature and behavioral implications of learning. I estimate the model with firm level data from the early U.S. rayon industry. The empirical results show that there were considerable differences across firms in both proprietary and spillover learning. The results also indicate that two of the three firms took their rival's reactions into account when choosing their strategies.
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