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SOURCES OF SCALE ECONOMIES: SUGAR PRODUCTION IN LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
Author(s) -
Tribe M. A.,
Alpine R. L. W.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
oxford bulletin of economics and statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.131
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1468-0084
pISSN - 0305-9049
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0084.1987.mp49002003.x
Subject(s) - tribe , sugar cane , production (economics) , scale (ratio) , economies of scale , political science , economy , economic history , economics , geography , business , marketing , law , agricultural science , biology , cartography , macroeconomics
This article is concerned with three specific issues in the cane-sugar manufacturing industry as a case study of scale economies in less developed countries: assessing the strength of scale economies; identifying the principal sources of scale economies; and comparing the shape of the long-run average cost curve for five different countries in association with an examination of the significance of the 'minimum economic size' criterion. The article addresses itself to these issues in a manner which might usefully be employed more widely in policy-related economic analysis in less developed countries