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Evidence of Qualitative Learning‐by‐Doing from the Advent of the ‘Talkie’

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Empirical work on learning‐by‐doing has largely been limited to examinations of production costs. In this paper I present anecdotal and statistical evidence of qualitative learning (the idea that product quality improves as producers gain experience with the relevant technology). Using U.S. motion picture industry data from 1925 to 1941, I reject that the transition to sound pictures resulted in a fixed increase in film‐quality in favor of my hypothesis that this quality differential increased with the producing studio’s sound‐experience. These results are robust to several different specifications.

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  • Charles Moul, 2001. "Evidence of Qualitative Learning‐by‐Doing from the Advent of the ‘Talkie’," Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 49(1), pages 97-109, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jindec:v:49:y:2001:i:1:p:97-109
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-6451.00140
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    1. Darlene Chisholm, 2005. "Hollywood Economics: How Extreme Uncertainty Shapes The Film Industry," Journal of Cultural Economics, Springer;The Association for Cultural Economics International, vol. 29(3), pages 233-237, August.
    2. W. D. Walls, 2009. "The Market for Motion Pictures in Thailand: Rank, Revenue, and Survival at the Box Office," International Journal of Business and Economics, School of Management Development, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan, vol. 8(2), pages 115-131, August.
    3. W. Walls, 2010. "Superstars and heavy tails in recorded entertainment: empirical analysis of the market for DVDs," Journal of Cultural Economics, Springer;The Association for Cultural Economics International, vol. 34(4), pages 261-279, November.
    4. Wen-jhan Jane & Wei-peng Chen & Yuan-lin Hsu, 2015. "The impact of deregulation on the movie box office after Taiwan’s entry into the WTO: the difference-in-differences estimation," Eurasian Business Review, Springer;Eurasia Business and Economics Society, vol. 5(2), pages 289-308, December.

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