correlated learning may render it optimal to enter markets sequentially – an investment in market A is only followed by entry in …, we identify correlated learning across markets beyond alternative explanations as a key driver of gradualism in the …

We introduce learning into a Hotelling model of a non-renewable resource market. By combining learning and scarcity we … add significantly to the dynamics implied by learning and substantially enhance the volatility of commodity prices. In our … learning model we show how a self confirming equilibrium exists but is not constant over time. As scarcity increases the SCE …

. More importantly, the evidence shows that there exist important learning effects that induce tariff switching in order to …