Explain about smooth convex isoquant, Managerial Economics

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Q. Explain about Smooth Convex Isoquant?

Smooth Convex Isoquant: This kind of isoquant presumes continuous substitutability of capital and labour over a certain range, beyond that the factors can't substitute each other.

This is displayed in Fig below.

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Figure: Smooth Convex Isoquant

Traditional economic theory has adopted this isoquant for analysis because it is uncomplicated. Further, it is an approximation to the more realistic form of a kinked isoquant since as the number of process become infinite, isoquant becomes a smooth curve. So the properties of this isoquant are elucidated in detail below.


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