Estimation and Analysis of Multifactor Productivity in Truck Transportation: 1987-2003
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Estimation and Analysis of Multifactor Productivity in Truck Transportation: 1987-2003Anthony D. Apostolides, Ph.D. |
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| Abstract | HTML (6KB) |
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| Section 1: Introduction | HTML (2KB) |
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| Section 2: Trucking Industry Background and Structure | HTML (8KB) |
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| Section 3: Estimating Multifactor Productivity in Truck Transportation, 1987-2003 | HTML (38KB) |
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| Section 4: Comparisons of Multifactor Productivity | HTML (5KB) |
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| Section 5: Factors Affecting Multifactor Productivity in Trucking | HTML (51KB) |
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| Section 6: Conclusions | HTML (8KB) |
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| Figure 1: MFP in Transportation Industries and U.S. Private Business Sector (1987=100) | HTML (1KB) |
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| Figure 2: Production Possibilities Frontier | HTML (1KB) |
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| Table 1: Growth of Output, Inputs, and Multifactor Productivity in Trucking | HTML (6KB) |
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| Table 2: Growth of Output, Inputs, and Multifactor Productivity in Trucking | HTML (12KB) |
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| Table 3: Multifactor Productivity in Trucking | HTML (9KB) |
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| Table 4: Multifactor Productivity in Trucking | HTML (12KB) |
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| Table 5: Comparison of Annual Growth Rates of Truck MFP | HTML (3KB) |
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| Table 6: Multifactor Productivity of Rail, Air, Trucking, and the U.S. Private Business Sector | HTML (21KB) |
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| Table 7: Increases in Capital and Labor in Truck Transportation | HTML (18KB) |
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| Table 8: Chain-Type Quantity Indexes for Net Capital Stock of Selected Private Nonresidential Fixed Assets | HTML (24KB) |
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| Table 9: Intermediate Inputs to Output in Truck Transportation | HTML (15KB) |
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| Table 10: Fuel Efficiency of Heavy Single-Unit Trucks, 1980–2002 | HTML (12KB) |
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| Table 11: Fuel Efficiency of Combination Trucks, 1980–2002 | HTML (12KB) |
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| Table 12: Average Length of Haul of Trucks, 1985–2001 | HTML (5KB) |
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| Table 13: Use of Containers in U.S. Railroads | HTML (6KB) |
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| Table 14: Factors Affecting Truck MFP in Three Time Periods | HTML (7KB) |
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| Appendix A: Basic Growth-Accounting Methodology | HTML (2KB) |
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| Appendix B: Methodology with the Tornqvist Index | HTML (4KB) |
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| Appendix C: Data on Gross Output and Intermediate Inputs for Truck Transportation, From the GDP By-Industry Accounts and the Input-Output Accounts | HTML (5KB) |
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| Appendix D: Cost Shares of the Factor Inputs in Trucking | HTML (9KB) |
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| Appendix E: BEA Labor Data for Truck Transportation - NAICS and SIC | HTML (24KB) |
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| Appendix F: Growth of Trucking MFP, Estimated by the Two Methods | HTML (7KB) |
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| Appendix G: Capital Input Index | HTML (11KB) |
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| Appendix H: Estimation of Land Lost | HTML (2KB) |
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| Appendix I: Cost Shares of the Factor Inputs in Trucking (Percentage) | HTML (9KB) |
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| Appendix J: U.S. Waterborne Foreign Trade - Containerized Cargo | HTML (5KB) |
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| Appendix K: Use of Containers in Truck Transportation | HTML (4KB) |
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| Appendix L: Shipments by Truckload and Less-Than-Truckload Firms | HTML (6KB) |
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| References | HTML (9KB) |
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