Multifactor productivity growth (based on labour, energy, and materials) and labour productivity growth in the Japanese and US manufacturing sectors are measured and analysed for the period 1958-78. Presentation of separability and technical change hypothesis tests, model estimates and...

Economics of the U.S. Commercial Airline Industry: Productivity, Technology and Deregulation illustrates the impact of upstream technological change in capital goods (aircraft and aircraft engines) on demand, productivity, and cost reduction in the U.S. airline industry for the years 1970-1992....