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returns to scale

what happens as the scale of production increases in the long run, when all input levels (e.g. physical capital usage) are variable (chosen by the firm)
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returns to scale

Summary

returns to scale is an economic term[1]. It draws 106 Wikipedia views per month (economic_term category, ranking #22 of 51).[2]

Key Facts

  • returns to scale's instance of is recorded as economic term[3].
  • returns to scale's GND ID is recorded as 4306169-2[4].
  • returns to scale's Commons category is recorded as Returns to scale[5].
  • returns to scale's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04d43z[6].
  • returns to scale's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as money/returns-to-scale[7].
  • returns to scale's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as increasing-returns-to-scale[8].
  • returns to scale's STW Thesaurus for Economics ID is recorded as 10332-4[9].
  • returns to scale's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 165083353[10].
  • returns to scale's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C165083353[11].
  • returns to scale's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 110560[12].

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Designation and Status

returns to scale's instance of is recorded as economic term[3].

Why It Matters

returns to scale draws 106 Wikipedia views per month (economic_term category, ranking #22 of 51).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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