We examine the interaction between vote-share contracts and learning-by-doing. Candidates for a political office are … the other hand, vote-share contracts reduce the probability that learning-by-doing takes place. However, the overall … effect of vote-share contracts is welfare-enhancing, even under the assumption of learning-by-doing. …

where learning-by-doing makes incumbent firms more efficient over time. We consider a sequential procurement design problem … in which local and global firms compete for public good provision. Both firms benefit from learning-by-doing if they … provide the public good in the previous period but global firms only may be able to transfer learning-by-doing from different …

This paper extends the learning-by-doing model of Alwyn Young (1991), which assumes bounded learning-by-doing in each … then used to study the dynamic effects of learning-by-doing in both autarky and two-country free trade situations. The main … findings are: 1. Learning-by-doing is the source of sustainable growth in the long-run; 2. In both autarky and free trade …