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Returns To Scale

Returns to Scale is a production economics concept that refers to the rate at which output changes as all inputs are increased proportionally in the long run, distinguishing it from short-run productivity measures by examining scale effects on output magnitude.

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Appropriating the Returns from Industrial Research and Development

Richard C. Levin, Alvin K. Klevorick, Richard R. Nelson et al. · Brookings Papers on Economic Activity · 1987 · 3.8K citations · Full text

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Scale Development: Theory and Applications.

Yu Xie, Robert F. DeVellis · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1992 · 3.7K citations

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Size-related anomalies and stock return seasonality

Donald B. Keim · Journal of Financial Economics · 1983 · 1.8K citations

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Scaling behaviour in the dynamics of an economic index

Rosario N. Mantegna, H. Eugene Stanley · Nature · 1995 · 1.8K citations

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Growth Based on Increasing Returns Due to Specialization

Paul Romer · American Economic Review · 2016 · 1.5K citations

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  1. HE
    H. Eugene Stanley

    Boston University, United States

    15 publications · 4.1K citations

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  2. VV
    Victor V. Podinovski

    University of Warwick, United Kingdom

    15 publications · 584 citations

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  3. TS
    Toshiyuki Sueyoshi

    New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, United States

    12 publications · 1K citations

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  4. RF
    Rolf Färe

    Oregon State University, United States

    12 publications · 1.1K citations

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  5. RD
    Rajiv D. Banker

    Temple University, United States

    9 publications · 3K citations

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  1. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    17 h-index

    31 publications

    4K citations

  2. Boston University

    Boston, United States

    15 h-index

    66 publications

    18K citations

  3. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    14 h-index

    27 publications

    5.3K citations

  4. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    14 h-index

    21 publications

    2.5K citations

  5. New York University

    New York, United States

    14 h-index

    20 publications

    2.2K citations

  6. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    13 h-index

    15 publications

    2.8K citations

  7. University of Warwick

    Coventry, United Kingdom

    12 h-index

    15 publications

    626 citations

  8. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    12 h-index

    16 publications

    572 citations

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  1. European Journal of Operational Research

    47 publications · 5.6K citations

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 46 publications · 1.9K citations

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  3. American Economic Review

    23 publications · 5.1K citations

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  5. The Review of Economics and Statistics

    24 publications · 1.8K citations

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