886 PONTIFICIAE ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARVM SCRIPTA VARIA - 2K umptions would no longer be acceptable if the population declined to a point where sectors experiencing increasing re- turns became dominant (1). The General Case 421. These results are completely independent of the hypo- theses concerning the function 3(8) providing that the assump- tion be made that y is constant, at least as a first approxima- tion. In fact, it has been shown that for any quasi-stationary process with steady growth. we have (421-1) I dR 1 dc. 4 RU C7 & so that from relation (110-1) We have (421-2) Ra=(1-0oy)R whence for k=1 and at least as a first approximation (*) (421-3) R =(1 —0 Y)R !) ALLAIS (1963): Some Analytic and Applied Aspects of the Theory capital. (*) Relations (123-2) and (132-2) (3) Relation (229-2). :1] Allais - pag. 190