1. If marginal product is decreasing, then average product must also be decreasing. 2. For a fixed-proportion technology, inputs cannot be substituted for each other in production. 3. The marginal ...

In micro-economic theory much room is given to the discussion of inhomogeneous production functions, or more precisely, production functions with a monotonically decreasing elasticity of scale. On the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A method is presented for estimating a frontier production function allowing economies and diseconomies of scale using linear programming ...

Abstract: The knowledge production function is central to research and development–based growth models. This paper empirically investigates the knowledge production function and intertemporal ...