United States Department of Transportation - Federal Highway Administration FHWA Home Feedback

Table 7: Translog Cost Function Elasticities
Averages: 1950 - 1991
Industry Code Industry Title Mathematical Formula Internal Scale Mathematical Formula Total Scale Mathematical Formula Mathematical Formula
1 Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries -0.0806 1.0169 1.2371 0.0815
2 Metal Mining 0.0245 1.0432 0.9770 -0.0245
3 Coal Mining -0.0021 1.0556 1.0622 0.0025
4 Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas -0.0531 1.0781 1.2335 0.0576
5 Nonmetalic Mineral Mining 0.0086 1.0215 0.9996 -0.0081
6 Construction -0.1044 1.0514 1.3481 0.1099
7 Food and Kindred Products -0.0885 1.0274 1.2718 0.0905
8 Tobacco Manufactures -0.0244 0.9973 1.0611 0.0236
9 Textile Mill products -0.0388 1.0176 1.1238 0.0393
10 Apparel and Other Textile Products -0.0374 1.0312 1.1350 0.0384
11 Lumber and Wood Products -0.0506 0.9741 1.1057 0.0488
12 Furniture and Fixtures -0.0167 1.0199 1.0670 0.0174
13 Paper and Allied Products -0.0474 1.0421 1.1767 0.0499
14 Printing and Publishing -0.0561 1.0419 1.2007 0.0588
15 Chemicals and Allied Products -0.0619 1.0467 1.2226 0.0651
16 Petroleum Refining -0.0504 1.0919 1.2429 0.0559
17 Rubber and Plastic Products -0.0411 1.0509 1.1685 0.0436
18 Leather and Leather Products 0.0035 1.0315 1.0232 -0.0031
19 Stone, Clay and Glass Products -0.0333 1.0559 1.1537 0.0362
20 Primary Metals -0.0599 1.1258 1.3127 0.0692
21 Fabricated Metal Products -0.0543 1.0479 1.2032 0.0575
22 Machinery, Except Electrical -0.0517 1.1153 1.2735 0.0586
23 Electrical Machinery -0.0475 1.0686 1.2074 0.0514
24 Motor Vehicles -0.0671 1.0641 1.2597 0.0724
25 Other Transportation Equipment -0.0594 1.0406 1.2094 0.0625
26 Instruments -0.0149 1.1310 1.1779 0.0174
27 Miscellaneous Manufacturing -0.0184 1.0220 1.0733 0.0190
28 Transportation and Warehousing -0.0813 1.0375 1.2652 0.0843
29 Communication -0.0491 1.0393 1.1772 0.0511
30 Electric Utilities -0.0575 1.0335 1.1944 0.0596
31 Gas Utilities -0.0466 1.0636 1.2001 0.0505
32 Trade -0.1091 1.0996 1.4256 0.1208
33 Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate -0.1039 1.0691 1.3698 0.1114
34 Other Services -0.1125 1.0674 1.3915 0.1200
35 Government Enterprises -0.0434 1.0311 1.1519 0.0447


FHWA Home | HPTS Home | Feedback
FHWA
United States Department of Transportation - Federal Highway Administration