Formal Definitions
Formally, a production function is defined to have:
- constant returns to scale if (for any constant a greater than 0)
- increasing returns to scale if (for any constant a greater than 1)
- decreasing returns to scale if (for any constant a greater than 1)
where K and L are factors of production, capital and labor, respectively.
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