Exercise 2 Do the following production functions exhibit increasing, decreasing, or constant returns to scale? Show. a) q(L,K) = 5L²/3 K1/3 b) q(L,K) = L² + K² c) q(L,K) = 50√LK + L + K d) q(L, K) = L²K e) q(L, K) = L0.3 K 0.2
Exercise 2 Do the following production functions exhibit increasing, decreasing, or constant returns to scale? Show. a) q(L,K) = 5L²/3 K1/3 b) q(L,K) = L² + K² c) q(L,K) = 50√LK + L + K d) q(L, K) = L²K e) q(L, K) = L0.3 K 0.2
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Do the following production functions exhibit increasing, decreasing, or
constant returns to scale? Show.
a) q(L,K) = 5L²/3 K1/3
b) q(L,K) = L² + K²
c) q(L,K) = 50√LK + L + K
d) q(L,K) = L²K
e) q(L,K) = L0.3 K0.2](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fefc33442-7cfa-4638-8981-250e26e6d90c%2F10e6fa53-8dd0-473c-b661-260ed9899215%2F687hdm_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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Do the following production functions exhibit increasing, decreasing, or
constant returns to scale? Show.
a) q(L,K) = 5L²/3 K1/3
b) q(L,K) = L² + K²
c) q(L,K) = 50√LK + L + K
d) q(L,K) = L²K
e) q(L,K) = L0.3 K0.2
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