Decreasing returns to scale: r=0.5
Increasing returns to scale: r=1.5
Constant returns to scale: r=1
Constant returns to scale with asymmetric weighting: r=1, lambda=0.8
Constant returns to scale with asymmetric productivity/utility: r=1, T=2
Literature and further reading:
The Structure of Economics, 3rd ed., Eugene Silberberg
MATLAB Documentation, MathWorks
Anatomy of Cobb-Douglas Functions in 3D
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