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Economies of Scale in Multi-Output Production

John C. Panzar, Robert D. Willig

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I. Introduction, 481.—II. Counterexamples, 482.—III. Economies of scale, 484.—IV. Technological regularity conditions, 487.—V. The profitability of marginal cost pricing, 488.—VI. Concluding remarks, 492.

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I. Introduction, 481.—II. Counterexamples, 482.—III. Economies of scale, 484.—IV. Technological regularity conditions, 487.—V. The profitability of marginal cost pricing, 488.—VI. Concluding remarks, 492.

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I. Introduction, 481.—II. Counterexamples, 482.—III. Economies of scale, 484.—IV. Technological regularity conditions, 487.—V. The profitability of marginal cost pricing, 488.—VI. Concluding remarks, 492.

Key concepts: Profitability index, Economies of scale, Counterexample, Economics, Production (economics), Scale (ratio), Returns to scale, Marginal cost

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