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Variable Returns To Scale

Variable Returns to Scale is an economic production phenomenon in which the change in output resulting from a proportional change in all inputs is not constant, such that the scale elasticity varies non-uniformly with the level of input expansion.

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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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Returns to Scale in U.S. Production: Estimates and Implications

Susanto Basu, John G. Fernald · Journal of Political Economy · 1997 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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ASYMPTOTICS AND CONSISTENT BOOTSTRAPS FOR DEA ESTIMATORS IN NONPARAMETRIC FRONTIER MODELS

Aloïs Kneip, Léopold Simar, Paul W. Wilson · Econometric Theory · 2008 · 307 citations

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Technical, allocative and economic efficiencies in swine production in Hawaii: a comparison of parametric and nonparametric approaches

Khem R. Sharma · Agricultural Economics · 1999 · 299 citations · Full text

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Scaling behaviors in differently developed markets

Tiziana Di Matteo, Tomaso Aste, Michel M. Dacorogna · Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications · 2003 · 292 citations

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  1. JC
    Jai‐Young Choi

    City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    5 publications · 108 citations

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  2. GJ
    G.R. Jahanshahloo

    Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Iran

    5 publications · 131 citations

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  3. ES
    Eden S. H. Yu

    Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    5 publications · 99 citations

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  4. MC
    Murray C. Kemp

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    4 publications · 244 citations

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  5. MS
    Majid Soleimani-damaneh

    University of Tehran, Iran

    4 publications · 125 citations

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  1. UCLouvain

    Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    545 citations

  2. University of Warwick

    Coventry, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    353 citations

  3. University of Science and Technology of China

    Hefei, China

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    327 citations

  4. University of Tehran

    Tehran, Iran

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    218 citations

  5. Lamar University

    Beaumont, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    56 citations

  6. University of Bonn

    Bonn, Germany

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    460 citations

  7. Islamic Azad University Shahr-e-Rey

    Rey, Iran

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    74 citations

  8. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    404 citations

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  1. European Journal of Operational Research

    11 publications · 568 citations

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  3. Southern Economic Journal

    6 publications · 138 citations

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  4. Journal of the Operational Research Society

    OR · 6 publications · 289 citations

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  5. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA)

    Repository · 6 publications · 141 citations

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