Economics

Returns to Scale

Returns to Scale

Returns to Scale is the variation or change in productivity that is the outcome from a proportionate increase of all the input. It focus only on the relation between input and output quantities. It occurs when the output increases by a larger proportion than the increase in inputs during the production process. Returns to Scale faced by a firm are purely technologically imposed and are not influenced by economic decisions or by market conditions. When increasing returns to scale occurs, it results in economies of scale.