This paper provides an empirical analysis of the impact of consumer learning over time on the demand for Japanese cars, using both a multinomial logit demand model and the Berry-Levinsohn-Pakes demand model (1995). The data suggest that learning about particular models, manufacturers, and...

This paper explores the potential role for strategic trade policy when demand is impacted by consumer learning. In a linear Cournot model, the optimal subsidy is shown to be increasing in both the firm-specific learning and learning spillovers among home firms when firms can precommit; however,...