Appendix H Estimation of Land Lost

With 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...

Appendix G Capital Input Index

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Appendix Table F Growth of Trucking MFP, Estimated by the Two Methods

(without land)

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Appendix E BEA Labor Data for Truck Transportation - NAICS and SIC

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Appendix D Cost Shares of the Factor Inputs in Trucking

(Basic Growth Accounting, Without Land)

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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

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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