Impacts of Air Pollution on Productivity Growth in the Air and Truck Transportation Industries in the US: an Application of the Data Envelopment Analysis Malmquist Environmental Productivity Index
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53935#.VNxjoyzQrzE Author(s) Jaesung Choi 1* , David C. Roberts 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Transportation and Logistics Program, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA . 2 Department of Agribusiness & Applied Economics, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA . ABSTRACT Air pollution worsens work environment and increases the likelihood of health risks and even premature death for humans. Owing to the fundamental structure of growth through the combustion of fossil fuels, productivity growth in the transportation industry has affected the natural environment. In this study, the authors use the Malmquist environmental productivity index to consider the effects of air pollution on productivity growth in the air and truck transportation industries, which are the biggest air polluters in the US. This study finds that on average, the air transportatio...