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ERIC Number: EJ534947
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0485
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Returns to Scale and Economies of Scale: Further Observations.
Gelles, Gregory M.; Mitchell, Douglas W.
Journal of Economic Education, v27 n3 p259-61 Sum 1996
Maintains that most economics textbooks continue to repeat past mistakes concerning returns to scale and economies of scale under assumptions of constant and nonconstant input prices. Provides an adaptation for a calculus-based intermediate microeconomics class that demonstrates the pointwise relationship between returns to scale and economies of scale. (MJP)
Descriptors: Accountability, Business Cycles, Calculus, Economic Factors, Economic Impact, Economics Education, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement, Mathematical Models, Microeconomics, Productivity, Statistical Analysis, Supply and Demand, Textbook Content, Textbooks
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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