Safety improvements are usually subject to the law of diminishing marginal returns.
A team member faces efficient incentives if he receives the full marginal returns from an additional unit of his input.
Under such circumstances diminishing marginal returns are inevitable at some level of production.
If the spot yield is the average return, then the forward rate can be interpreted as the marginal return.
Both inputs have a positive impact on output, with diminishing marginal returns.
These formulations are tantamount to the "law of diminishing marginal returns".
Perhaps the only option would be to trade Coleman for a marginal return and agree to pay off part of the contract.
As in many industries, however, there are "declining marginal returns" from manpower.
Medical, educational and social service provision becomes a low priority if it is considered that there is only a marginal return on such investment.
The law of diminishing marginal returns to a variable factor applies to the short run.