Section 1: Introduction

In this study, there is an estimation of multifactor productivity and an assessment of changes in multifactor productivity (MFP) in the U.S. truck transportation sub-sector during the 1987-2003 period. The analysis is composed of four sections besides the...

Appendix G - Capital Input Index

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Table 6 - Multifactor Productivity of Rail, Air, Trucking, and the U.S. Private Business Sector

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Table 10 - Fuel Efficiency of Heavy Single-Unit Trucks, 1980-2002

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Appendix D - Cost Shares of the Factor Inputs in Trucking

(Basic Growth Accounting, Without Land)

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Figure 2 - Production Possibilities Frontier

Source: The production possibilities frontier is a widely known and used tool in economic courses. For example, see Dolan G. Edwin, 1983.

Section 4: Comparisons of Multifactor Productivity

Data are available that make it possible to carry out comparisons between MFP in trucking and MFP of other transportation industries as well as of the U.S. private business sector. Such a comparison provides a broader perspective into the...

Appendix C - Data on Gross Output and Intermediate Inputs for Truck Transportation, From the GDP By-Industry Accounts and the Input-Output Accounts

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Table 12 - Average Length of Haul of Trucks, 1985-2001

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Appendix A - Basic Growth-Accounting Methodology

The empirical relationship used to estimate growth of multifactor productivity by the basic growth-accounting methodology is shown below:

Where:

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