Section 3: Estimating Multifactor Productivity in Truck Transportation, 1987-2003

This analysis utilizes two versions of the growth-accounting methodology to calculate multifactor productivity (MFP) in the trucking industry in the United States. The initial methodology used...

Section 2: Trucking Industry Background and Structure

Firms in the truck transportation industry provide a link between manufacturers and consumers. Businesses, and occasionally individuals, contract with trucking companies to pick up...

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...

References

References

Apostolides, Anthony D. "Impacts of Productivity Changes in Air Transportation on Profits, Prices, and Labor Compensation: 1990-2001", Journal of Transportation and Statistics, Volume 9, Number 1, 2006.

Brooks, Mary, R. and Pamela Ritchie. "Trucking Mergers...

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.

Figure 1 MFP in Transportation Industries and U.S. Private Business Sector (1987=100)

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Source The data on which this chart is based were obtained from Table 6.

Appendix L Shipments by Truckload and Less-Than-Truckload Firms

(Millions of dollars)

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Appendix K Use of Containers in Truck Transportation

(Border Crossing Data)

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Appendix J U.S. Waterborne Foreign Trade - Containerized Cargo

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Appendix I Cost Shares of the Factor Inputs in Trucking (Percentage)

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