Law of diminishing returns

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Economic principle
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Law of variable proportions
Principle of diminishing marginal returns
gptkbp:appliesTo Manufacturing
Agriculture
Production processes
gptkbp:assumes At least one input is fixed
gptkbp:contrastsWith Constant returns to scale
Increasing returns to scale
gptkbp:date 18th century
gptkbp:describes Decrease in marginal output as input increases
gptkbp:explains Marginal productivity decreases after a certain point
gptkbp:field gptkb:Microeconomics
Economics
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:Turgot
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Law of diminishing returns
gptkbp:popularizedBy gptkb:David_Ricardo
gptkbp:relatedTo Short run analysis
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Production_theory
Resource allocation
Cost analysis
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ricardian_Theory_of_Rent
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8