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diminishing returns

additional factor of production resulting in smaller increase in output
Class type of: reduction Q863946

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3 properties
Instance of
concept
Subclass of
reduction[2]
Opposite of
increasing returns[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en diminishing returns en law of diminishing returns ar قانون تناقص الغلة ar قانون الإنتاجية المتناقصة ar قانون الإنتاجيه المتناقصه ar قانون الأنتاجية المتناقصة ar مبدأ تناقص الغلة cs Zákon klesajících výnosů cs Zákon snižujícího se mezního produktu da faldende afkast da aftagende udbytte de Gesetz vom abnehmenden Ertragszuwachs de Gesetz des sinkenden Grenzertrags de Gesetz vom abnehmenden Grenzertrag de Ertragsgesetz de Bodenertragsgesetz de Abnehmender Ertragszuwachs de Produktionsfunktion vom Typ A de Law of diminishing returns de Grenzproduktivitätstheorie
🔖 Identifiers · 21
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85038048
GND ID
4134884-9
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID
scot/5519
BNCF Thesaurus ID
38713
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12173138r
Dewey Decimal Classification
338.512
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/diminishing-returns, money/diminishing-returns
FAST ID
893885
Freebase ID
/m/0398bp
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
zakon-ubyvaiushchei-otdachi-d52f9a
Harper's tag
diminishing-returns
IdRef ID
030282098
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JSTOR topic ID (archived)
law-of-diminishing-returns, diminishing-marginal-returns, increasing-opportunity-cost
Lex ID
aftagende_udbyttes_lov
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
39329475
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007555401405171
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3936723
Quora topic ID
Diminishing-Returns
STW Thesaurus for Economics ID
10312-3
TUBITAK Sosyal Bilimler Ansiklopedisi ID
azalan_verimler
Yale LUX ID
concept/b5d8f947-4df4-420e-a5a8-1c69a2d4e799

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Summary

diminishing returns is a concept[1].

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  1. 8w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → diminishing-returns
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: diminishing-returns, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289919698|diminishing returns (#289919698)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915"
  2. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Opposite of → increasing returns
    Instance of → concept
    Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID → topic/diminishing-returns, money/diminishing-returns
    Subclass of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007555401405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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