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| Table 7: Translog Cost Function Elasticities Averages: 1950 - 1991 |
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| Industry Code | Industry Title |  |
Internal Scale  |
Total Scale  |
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| 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 |
