NTL Record

Title Measuring Transportation in the U.S. Economy
Record ID 9108
Personal Name
Creator
Han, Xiaoli; Fang, Bingsong
Source JT: Journal of Transportation and Statistics, Vol. 1, No. 1; 10p. in various pagings
Publisher United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Publication Date 19980100
Language English
Abstract This paper argues that the System of National Accounts (SNA) is the most appropriate framework for comparable economic measures of national transportation, and shows that within the SNA transportation can be represented as an industry, as a component of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) measured from the demand side and as a component of Gross Domestic Demand (GDD). Two measures of transportation comparable to GDP and one comparable to GDD are presented. Transportation-related final demand is the measure of transportation as a component of GDP, which includes the value of all goods and services delivered to final users for transportation purposes regardless of which industry produced them. In contrast, transportation industry GDP is the measure of transportation as an industry, which comprises value-added created in the provision of transportation services by the industry. Transportation domestic demand measures the U.S. domestic final demand for transportation regardless of who supplies the demand, domestic production or imports. It differs from transportation-related final demand in that it excludes the balance of trade in transportation goods and services.
Rosap ID dot:4720
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4720
TRT Terms Transportation; Economic analysis; Gross domestic product; Gross national product; Trade
General Subjects SNA; System of National Accounts; Transportation demand
Classification NTL - ECONOMICS AND FINANCE - Economic Impacts;
NTL - REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES - Statistics
Geographical
Coverage
United States
ISSN 10948848
OCLC 38368956
TRIS Online
Accession No
745309
Availability BTS Products
Resource type Journal Article
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net//lib/9000/9100/9108/han.pdf
Alternative URL http://www.bts.gov/publications/journal_of_transportation_and_statistics/volume_01_number_01/; http://www.bts.gov/publications/journal_of_transportation_and_statistics/
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository