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Returns To Scale Testing

Returns to Scale Testing is a methodological framework used in production and cost function analysis to determine the relationship between proportional changes in inputs and the resulting changes in output, distinguishing itself by its specific application to assessing whether a production technology exhibits increasing, constant, or decreasing returns to scale.

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2017–2026

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Non-parametric tests of returns to scale

Léopold Simar, Paul W. Wilson · European Journal of Operational Research · 2002 · 389 citations

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Interpreting and Testing the Scaling Property in Models where Inefficiency Depends on Firm Characteristics

Antonio Álvarez, Christine Amsler, Luis Orea et al. · Journal of Productivity Analysis · 2006 · 203 citations · Full text

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Returns to Scale in Research and Development: What Does the Schumpeterian Hypothesis Imply?

Franklin M. Fisher, Peter Temin · Journal of Political Economy · 1973 · 193 citations · Full text

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Equivalence and implementation of alternative methods for determining returns to scale in data envelopment analysis

Rajiv D. Banker, Hsihui Chang, W. W. Cooper · European Journal of Operational Research · 1996 · 167 citations

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Scale Returns in Communication and Elite Control of Organizations

Kenneth J. Arrow · The Journal of Law Economics and Organization · 1991 · 163 citations

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Authors

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  1. TS
    Toshiyuki Sueyoshi

    New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, United States

    4 publications · 400 citations

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  2. MG
    Mika Goto

    New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, United States

    2 publications · 246 citations

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  3. KS
    Kazuyuki Sekitani

    Shizuoka University, Japan

    2 publications · 154 citations

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  4. KJ
    Kevin J. Fox

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    2 publications · 151 citations

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  5. PW
    Paul W. Wilson

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    2 publications · 544 citations

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Institutions

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  1. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

    Socorro, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    400 citations

  2. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    711 citations

  3. Shizuoka University

    Shizuoka, Japan

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    154 citations

  4. Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry

    Tokyo, Japan

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    246 citations

  5. Victoria University

    Melbourne, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  6. Keele University

    Newcastle-under-Lyme, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    42 citations

  7. Southern Illinois University Carbondale

    Carbondale, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    20 citations

  8. National Chengchi University

    Taipei, Taiwan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    167 citations

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  1. European Journal of Operational Research

    6 publications · 921 citations

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  2. American Journal of Agricultural Economics

    2 publications · 50 citations

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  3. Economics Letters

    2 publications · 22 citations

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  4. Journal of Productivity Analysis

    2 publications · 265 citations

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  5. Journal of Monetary Economics

    2 publications · 229 citations

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