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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Appendix B Methodology with the Tornqvist Index

Multifactor productivity is the ratio of the output index to a weighted average of input indexes. A Tornqvist formula expresses the change in multifactor productivity as the difference between the rate of change in output and the...

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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Estimation and Analysis of Multifactor Productivity in Truck Transportation: 1987-2003

The 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....

Estimation and Analysis of Multifactor Productivity in Truck Transportation: 1987-2003

Anthony D. Apostolides, Ph.D. February 2009 2009-001-OAS

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Figure 7: Pipeline Ton-Miles

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(Billions)

Figure 7: Pipeline Ton-Miles

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Sources:

1 BTS, National Transportation Statistics, 2003, Table 1-44.

2 Eno Transportation Foundation, Transportation in America, 2002, p. 42.

Figure 6: Waterborne Ton-Miles

(Billions)

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Figure 6: Waterborne Ton-Miles

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Sources:

1 BTS, National Transportation Statistics, 2003, Table 1-44.

2 Eno Transportation Foundation, Transportation in America, 2002, p. 42.