Asked by
Mario Aigner
on Oct 25, 2024Verified
If input prices are constant, a firm with increasing returns to scale can expect:
A) costs to double as output doubles.
B) costs to more than double as output doubles.
C) costs to go up less than double as output doubles.
D) to hire more and more labor for a given amount of capital, since marginal product increases.
E) to never reach the point where the marginal product of labor is equal to the wage.
Increasing Returns
A situation in production where the output increases by a proportion greater than the increase in inputs, often leading to economies of scale.
Input Prices
The prices of the raw materials, components, or services that are used to produce a final product or service.
Marginal Product
The additional output resulting from a one-unit increase in the quantity of a variable input, while keeping other inputs constant.
- Identify distinctions between enhancing, persistent, and diminishing returns to scale in operational outputs.
- Examine the effect of choices in production on the financial success and size of enterprise operations.
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Learning Objectives
- Identify distinctions between enhancing, persistent, and diminishing returns to scale in operational outputs.
- Examine the effect of choices in production on the financial success and size of enterprise operations.