combination, the conventional Malmquist-Luenberger productivity index is modified to give the alternative sequential … environmentally sensitive productivity index. This proposed index is employed in measuring productivity growth and its decomposed … components of the conventional Malmquist-Luenberger productivity index and the proposed index are different, the developments of …

technology index based on the external economic factors which are indicators of technology. Thus our definition of production …

impressive productivity gains. But it is easy to confuse true productivity advances in transportation industries with changes in … productivity can be overwhelmed by even subtle changes in the traffic mix. After controlling for endogenous changes in the … data, 1982-1997, with observed productivity changes much more likely due to changes in speed limits and the dimensions of …

This paper models and estimates total factor productivity (TFP) growth parametrically. The model is a generalization of … unobservable technical change, scale economies and observable technology shifter index components. The empirical results are based … trend model based one. By comparing the performance of the time trend and technology index models in terms of TFP growth …

productivity gains. But it is easy to confuse true productivityadvances in transportation industries with changes in ton-miles per …

consider a simple model in which the technology shifters are aggregated into one single index. The empirical model uses panel …

specification of TFP is based on a "neo-Schumpeterian" empirical specification in which productivity improvements depend on growth … at the global technological frontier and a catch up term. We assume that regulation can affect productivity growth both … to reduce the productivity performance of firms. The negative effect is particularly strong on firms characterised by an …

concludes with an empirical application to consumer price inflation in Germany, France and Italy, and re-examines the extent to …