RETURNS TO SCALE: Changes in production the occurs when all resources are proportionately increased in the long run. Returns to scale answers the question: If labor, capital, and ALL other inputs increase by 10%, does output increase by more than 10%, less than 10%, or exactly 10%? These answers indicate that returns to scale can take one of three forms: increasing returns to scale, decreasing returns to scale, and constant returns to scale. See also | increasing returns to scale | decreasing returns to scale | constant returns to scale | economies of scale | diseconomies of scale | minimum efficient scale | resources | long run |
