Toxic air pollutants and trucking productivity in the US

This paper introduces toxic air pollutants into the measurement of trucking productivity to obtain true productivity growth. The results show that omitting or ignoring toxic air pollutants in measuring trucking productivity yields statistically significant biased productivity estimates for 2002-2005. Trucking productivity growth was understated by the traditional productivity measure, because the latter did not account for reductions in truck air pollution over time. The authors also find that the difference between traditional and environmental efficiency scores was negligible, suggesting that environmental constraint did not distort efficiency in the trucking sector.

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  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1361920912000028
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Heng, Yan
  • Lim, Siew Hoon
  • Chi, Junwook
• Publication Date: 2012-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 309-316
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1361-9209
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13619209

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Measurement; Productivity; Trucking
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Environment; Motor Carriers; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01368572
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 25 2012 2:21PM