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constant returns to scale

Definition

Production process with neither economies nor diseconomies of scale: the output of the process increases or decreases simultaneously and in step with increase or decrease in the inputs. A plant with a constant returns to scale is equally efficient in producing small batches as it is in producing large batches. See also declining returns to scale and economies of scale.

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