Table 12 - Average Length of Haul of Trucks, 1985-2001
Table 12 - Average Length of Haul of Trucks, 1985-2001Excel | CSV
Year Average Length of Haul (Kilometers) Time Period Growth Rates (Annual Percentage Rate) 1985 589 1990 629 1991 641 ...General
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Appendix A - Basic Growth-Accounting Methodology
Appendix A - Basic Growth-Accounting MethodologyThe empirical relationship used to estimate growth of multifactor productivity by the basic growth-accounting methodology is shown below:
Where:
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Figure 1 - MFP in Transportation Industries and U.S. Private Business Sector (1987=100)
Figure 1 - MFP in Transportation Industries and U.S. Private Business Sector (1987=100)Excel | CSV | Table Version
Source The data on which this chart is based were obtained from Table 6.
Appendix I - Cost Shares of the Factor Inputs in Trucking (Percentage)
Appendix I - Cost Shares of the Factor Inputs in Trucking (Percentage)Excel | CSV
Year Intermediate Inputs '(1) Capital '(2) Labor '(3) TOTAL [(1)+(2)+(3)] '(4) 1987 0.474 0.188 0.339 1.000 1988 0.490 0.181 0.329 1.000...Appendix H - Estimation of Land Lost
Appendix H - Estimation of Land LostWith the assumptions provided in the text, the estimation of the land cost is as follows:
Calculate ratio (a) by using data for Structures value, divided by Structures & Equipment value (BEA data). Calculate ratio (b) (Structures...Section 5: Factors Affecting Multifactor Productivity in Trucking
Section 5: Factors Affecting Multifactor Productivity in Trucking Introduction Technology and Advances in TechnologyTechnology is the recipe, the know-how, that is used by producers in different industries in order to produce a product or deliver a service. The technology utilized should...
Appendix J - U.S. Waterborne Foreign Trade - Containerized Cargo
Appendix J - U.S. Waterborne Foreign Trade - Containerized CargoExcel | CSV
Year Containers - TEUs Metric Tons Time Period Growth of Containers - TEU's (%) Growth of Metric Tons (%) 1998 15,556,255 128,363,847 1999...Section 6: Conclusions
Section 6: ConclusionsThis study estimates MFP in truck transportation, over 1987-2003; compares truck MFP to that of other transportation industries and the U.S. private business sector; and assesses the factors that affected changes in truck MFP over time.
With regard to estimation...
Table 1 - Growth of Output, Inputs, and Multifactor Productivity in Trucking
Table 1 - Growth of Output, Inputs, and Multifactor Productivity in TruckingPercentage rates of change
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Year Basic growth accounting methodology, without land input Growth of gross output - quantity index '(1) Growth of labor '(2...Estimation and Analysis of Multifactor Productivity in Truck Transportation: 1987-2003
Estimation and Analysis of Multifactor Productivity in Truck Transportation: 1987-2003 AbstractThe analysis has three objectives: 1) to estimate multifactor productivity (MFP) in truck transportation during 1987-2003; 2) to examine changes in multifactor productivity in U.S....