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Estimating Multifactor Productivity in Truck Transportation, 1987-2003

Estimating Multifactor Productivity in Truck Transportation, 1987–2003


Table of Contents File Formats
Entire Report
List of Tables
Table 1 - Growth of MFP
Table 2 - Growth of Output, Inputs, and Multifactor Productivity in Trucking
Table 3 - Multifactor Productivity in Trucking (Tornqvist methodology without land input)
Table 4 - Multifactor Productivity in Trucking (Tornqvist methodology with land input)
Table 5 - Comparison of Annual Average Growth Rates of MFP
Table 6 - Multifactor Productivity of Rail, Air, Trucking, and the U.S. Private Business Sector
List of Figures
Figure 1 - MFP in Transportation Industries and U.S. Private Business Sector
List of Appendices
APPENDIX A - Basic Growth-Accounting Methodology
APPENDIX B - Methodology with the Tornqvist Index
APPENDIX C - Cost Shares of the Factor Inputs in Trucking
APPENDIX D - BEA Labor Data for Truck Transportation—NAICS and SIC
APPENDIX E - Capital Input Index
APPENDIX F - Cost Shares of the Factor Inputs in Trucking