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  1. Ronald W. Shephard

    Present address: College of Engineering, Operations Research Center, University of California, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA

  2. Rolf Färe

    Present address: University of Lund, Lund, Sweden

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    Shephard, R.W., Färe, R. The law of diminishing returns. Zeitschr. f. Nationalökonomie 34, 69–90 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01289147

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