Verifying Production Technology Properties
Imagine you are a consultant hired by an olive oil producer. The producer claims their production technology, which uses only labor and energy as variable inputs, exhibits constant returns to scale. Propose a method to test this claim. Describe the specific data you would need to collect from the production facility and explain how you would analyze this data to either confirm or refute the producer's claim.
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