Law of Diminishing Returns

law of diminishing returns

Diminishing Returns graph (wikipedia.org)

Definition

Law of Diminishing Returns (or Principle of Diminishing Marginal Productivity) is an economic concept which states that after a certain point has been reached – the point of diminishing returns – each successive application of a factor of production will add less to total output than before. [1]

 

See Also

Wikipedia: Diminishing returns

Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility

References

  1.  American Marketing Association, AMA Dictionary.

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