Estimation of Economies of Scale in Nineteenth Century United States Manufacturing

• 1. On the Historical Significance of Economies of Scale 2. On the Estimation of Economies of Scale 3. The Data and Tests of the Samples 4. The Econometric Interpretation of the Production Function Estimates 5. Production Conditions for Intra-Regionally Traded Commodities 6. Production Conditions for Inter-Regionally Traded Commodities 7. The Aggregate Regional Production Function 8. The Sensitivity of Returns to Scale to Units and Methods of Measurement 9. Some Evidence on Decreasing Scale Elasticity 10. The Survivor Technique and Optimal Plant Size 11. Conclusions

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