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Homogeneity, Returns to Scale and (Log)Concavity

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This brief note shows that if a production function, f, is quasiconcave, increasing and homogeneous, then f is concave if it displays nonincreasing returns to scale, and f is logconcave if it displays increasing returns to scale.

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  • Hjertstrand, Per, 2020. "Homogeneity, Returns to Scale and (Log)Concavity," Working Paper Series 1328, Research Institute of Industrial Economics.
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    Homogeneity; Returns to scale; Rho-concavity;
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    • D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory

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