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Productivity and Technological Change in the Railroad Sector, 1840–1910

In: Output, Employment, and Productivity in the United States after 1800

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  • Albert Fishlow

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  • Albert Fishlow, 1966. "Productivity and Technological Change in the Railroad Sector, 1840–1910," NBER Chapters, in: Output, Employment, and Productivity in the United States after 1800, pages 583-646, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    1. Dan Bogart & Latika Chaudhary & Alfonso Herranz-Loncan, 2015. "The Growth Contribution of Colonial Indian Railways in Comparative Perspective," CEH Discussion Papers 033, Centre for Economic History, Research School of Economics, Australian National University.
    2. Paul A. David & Gavin Wright, 1999. "Early Twentieth Century Productivity Growth Dynamics: An Inquiry into the Economic History of "Our Ignorance"," Oxford University Economic and Social History Series _033, Economics Group, Nuffield College, University of Oxford.
    3. Tostes, Bernardo & Henriques, Sofia T. & Brockway, Paul E. & Heun, Matthew Kuperus & Domingos, Tiago & Sousa, Tânia, 2024. "On the right track? Energy use, carbon emissions, and intensities of world rail transportation, 1840–2020," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 367(C).
    4. Broadberry, Stephen & Ghosal, Sayantan, 2005. "Technology, organisation and productivity performance in services: lessons from Britain and the United States since 1870," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 16(4), pages 437-466, December.
    5. James MacDonald, 2013. "Railroads and Price Discrimination: The Roles of Competition, Information, and Regulation," Review of Industrial Organization, Springer;The Industrial Organization Society, vol. 43(1), pages 85-101, August.
    6. Bakker, Gerben, 2009. "Time and productivity growth in services: how motion pictures industrialized entertainment," Economic History Working Papers 27866, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History.
    7. Bogart, Dan & Chaudhary, Latika, 2015. "Off the rails: Is state ownership bad for productivity?," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 43(4), pages 997-1013.
    8. Crafts, Nicholas & Mills, Terence C. & Mulatu, Abay, 2007. "Total factor productivity growth on Britain's railways, 1852-1912: A reappraisal of the evidence," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 44(4), pages 608-634, October.

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