Estimation of capacity utilization for selected U.S. manufacturing industries

摘要

This paper reports results from the nonparametric estimation of plant-level capacity and capacity utilization for selected four-digit Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) industries for the years 1972-90. The estimates are constructed using establishment-level data from the Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM) drawn from the Census Bureau's Longitudinal Research Database (LRD). This work represents the first broad-scale application of the nonparametric measurement of capacity and capacity utilization to manufacturing plants.