The promotion of US energy efficiency policy is seen as a very important activity by the Energy Information Agency (EIA …). Generally, the level of energy efficiency of a state is approximated by energy intensity, commonly calculated as the ratio of … energy use to GDP. However, energy intensity is not an accurate proxy for energy efficiency, because changes in energy …

really productivity leaders so early in their industrialization process? To answer these fundamental questions about the … relative to US productivity. Unfortunately, the approach we adopt with respect to data compilation, methodological choice, and …/1871 to derive a series of total factor productivity (TFP) comparisons for a sample of manufacturing establishments located …

Aggregate data show a large and decades-long decline in construction sector productivity. This decline in such a large … sector has had a material effect on secular productivity growth for the economy as a whole. Prior work has focused on the … role of potential measurement problems in construction, particularly output deflators in the measurement of productivity …

The paper examines efficiency, productivity and scale economies in the U.S. property-liability insurance industry …. Productivity change is analyzed using Malmquist indices, and efficiency is estimated using data envelopment analysis (DEA). The … significant gains in total factor productivity, and there is an upward trend in scale and allocative efficiency. More diversified …