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Zorluk: ZorScales of Production and Economies of Scale

A flour milling firm operating in an industrial zone in Ogun State increases all of its inputs of capital and labor by 100%100\%, leading to a 150%150\% increase in total output. However, as multiple neighboring factories expand simultaneously in the same area, severe traffic congestion and municipal power shortages cause the firm's long-run average cost (LRACLRAC) to increase. Which of the following correctly classifies the economic phenomena experienced by this firm?

  1. Increasing returns to scale internally and external diseconomies of scale.Cevap
  2. B
    The law of diminishing returns short-run behavior and internal diseconomies of scale.
  3. C
    Constant returns to scale internally and fixed cost escalation.
  4. D
    Localization of industry advantages internally and plant location disadvantages.

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The firm experiences increasing returns to scale internally, alongside external diseconomies of scale resulting from industry expansion.
Increasing inputs by 100%100\% while total output grows by 150%150\% signifies increasing returns to scale internally, as output expanded at a higher rate than inputs. Concurrently, rising long-run average costs resulting from surrounding factory expansion and shared infrastructure strain (traffic and power supply) constitute external diseconomies of scale.

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1
Analyze input-output proportion for returns to scale
Inputs increased by 100%100\%, while output increased by 150%150\%.
When output increases by a higher percentage than the proportional increase in all inputs, the firm experiences increasing returns to scale (economies of scale).
2
Identify the source of cost increases
Costs increase due to external industrial growth causing traffic congestion and power grid pressure.
Cost increases arising outside the firm's direct control due to the growth of the entire industry/region represent external diseconomies of scale.
3
Synthesize scale classifications
Internal increasing returns to scale combined with external diseconomies of scale.
The internal production function yields economies of scale, while the external operating environment imposes diseconomies.

Anahtar Kavram

Internal economies/returns to scale depend on a single firm's output-input expansion ratio, whereas external economies/diseconomies of scale arise from industry-wide expansion affecting all firms in a locality.
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