
Dr. Stephen Layson
Associate Professor Emeritus
Department of Economics

Background
Research Areas: Microeconomics, Industry Analysis
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1983
Research and Awards
The Increasing Returns to Scale CES Production Function and the Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns
Layson, Stephen K.
2015
Southern Economic Journal
82(2): 408-415
To Admit or Not to Admit: The Question of Research Park Size
Layson, Stephen K., Dennis P. Leyden, and John Neufeld
2008
Economics of Innovation and New Technology
17: 689-697
A Geometric Analysis of Global Profit Maximization for a Two-Product Firm
Layson, Stephen K.
2007
Journal of Economics and Finance Education
Summer: 7-18
Quasilinear Utility and Two Market Monopoly
2017
International Business Research
Quasi-linear Utility and Two-Market Monopoly
2010
Economics Letters
Public Gains from Entrepreneurial Research: Inferences about the Economic Value of Public Support of the Small Business Innovation Research Program
Allen, Stuart D; Link, Albert N;
2012
Research Evaluation
Volume 21, Issue 2, Pages 105-112
The Law of Diminishing Returns and the Generalized CES Production Function
2013
Southern Economic Journal
The Returns to R&D: Division of Policy Research and Analysis at the National Science Foundation
Hall, Michael J; Link, Albert N;
2014
Science and Public Policy
Volume 41, Issue 4, Pages 458-463
The Increasing Returns to Scale CES Production Function and the Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns
2015
Southern Economic Journal
Volume 82, Issue 2, Pages 408-415
Diminishing Marginal Rates of Substitution and Quasi-concavity
2015
American Economic Review
The Economic Tip:off: Does Hosting the ACC Tournament Increase Retail Sales?
2016
The Review of Regional Studies