BEA Papers and Working Papers

This page provides access to papers and presentations prepared by BEA staff. Abstracts are presented in HTML format; complete papers are in PDF format with selected tables in XLS format.

BEA working papers are also available.

2008

Accrual Measures of Pension-Related Compensation and Wealth of U.S. Households (PDF • 134 KB)

By David G. Lenze

Paper Prepared for the 30th General Conference of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth | August 25, 2008 | Portoroz, Slovenia

Domestic Outsourcing and Imported Inputs in the U.S. Economy: Insights from Integrated Economic Accounts (PDF • 172 KB)

By Robert E. Yuskavage, Erich H. Strassner, and Gabriel W. Medeiros

Paper prepared for the 2008 World Congress on National Accounts and Economic Performance Measures for Nations | May 15, 2008 | Arlington, VA

Estimates of State and Metropolitan Price Levels for Consumption Goods and Services in the United States, 2005 (PDF • 1,715 KB)

By Bettina H. Aten | April 2008

2007

Do U.S. Multinationals Engage In Sequential Choice? Evidence from New Manufacturing Operations in Europe (PDF • 1,715 KB)

By Raymond J. Mataloni Jr. | November 2007

Prepared for the OECD Committee on Industry, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Working Party on Globalisation of Industry | Paris, France, November 14-15, 2007

Framework for an Industry-based R&D Satellite Account (PDF • 143 KB)

By Sumiye Okubo | December 2007

2007 R&D Satellite Account Methodologies: Current-dollar GDP Estimates (PDF • 1,082 KB)

By Lisa Mataloni and Carol E. Moylan | November 2007

Methodology for the Industry Estimates in the 2007 R&D Satellite Account (PDF • 1,449 KB)

By Carol A. Robbins, Felicia V. Candela, Mahnaz Fahim-Nader, and Gabriel W. Medeiros | November 2007

Estimating Prices for R&D Investment in the 2007 R&D Satellite Account (PDF • 446 KB)

By Adam M. Copeland, Gabriel W. Medeiros, and Carol A. Robbins | November 2007

R&D Depreciation Rates in the 2007 R&D Satellite Account (PDF • 81 KB)

by Charles Ian Mead | November 2007

This paper discusses how the industry-specific rates of depreciation for R&D used to construct the 2007 R&D Satellite Account were determined after a review of the literature.

Converting Historical Industry Time Series Data from SIC to NAICS (PDF • 338 KB)

by Robert E. Yuskavage | November 2007

Prepared for the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology Research Conference | Arlington, VA

Issues Related to Treating R&D as Investment In BEA’s Regional Accounts (PDF • 179 KB) Tables (XLS • 39 KB)

by G. Andrew Bernat, Jr. | November 2007

Treatment of International Research and Development as Investment: Issues and Estimates (PDF • 986 KB)

by Daniel R. Yorgason | October 2007

A Reconciliation between the Consumer Price Index and the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (PDF • 387 KB)

by Clinton P. McCully, Brian C. Moyer, and Kenneth J. Stewart | September 2007

Keeping Economic Statistics Relevant through Updating the System of National Accounts (PDF • 187 KB)

by Brent R. Moulton | June 20, 2007

Prepared for the Third International Conference on Establishment Surveys | Montreal, Canada

Electronic Data Collection at the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (PDF • 60 KB) Presentation (PDF • 160 KB)

by Y. Louise Ku-Graf | June 19, 2007

Prepared for the Third International Conference on Establishment Surveys | Montreal, Canada

From Respondent Debriefings to Pilot Test and Beyond: A Comprehensive Redesign of a Questionnaire Measuring Foreign Direct Investment (PDF • 206 KB) Presentation (PowerPoint • 311 KB)

by Alfred D. Tuttle, Rebecca L. Morrison, and David H. Galler | June 19, 2007

Prepared for the Third International Conference on Establishment Surveys | Montreal, Canada

2006

An Overview of BEA's Source Data and Estimating Methods for Quarterly GDP (PDF • 207 KB)

by Arnold J. Katz | November 6-10, 2006

Prepared for the 10th OECD-NBS Workshop on National Accounts | Paris, France

Statistical Issues Related to Global Economic Imbalances: Perspectives on “Dark Matter” (PDF • 40 KB)(Abstract)

by Ralph H. Kozlow | October 23-26, 2006

Presented at the Nineteenth Meeting of the IMF Committee on Balance of Payments Statistics | Frankfurt, Germany

The Role of Hedonic Methods in Measuring Real GDP in the United States (PDF • 618 KB)

by Dave Wasshausen and Brent R. Moulton | October 12-13, 2006

Prepared for the 31st Committee on Statistical Information in the Economic and Social Spheres — Are we measuring productivity correctly? | Rome, Italy

More information on Prices and Output for ICT

Distributive Services in the U.S. Economic Accounts (PDF • 167 KB)

by Robert E. Yuskavage | July 2006

Presented at the National Bureau of Economic Research Conference on Research in Income and Wealth | Summer Institute.

U.S. Multinational Companies, Dividends, and Taxes (PDF • 81 KB) (Abstract)

Prepared by Ralph Kozlow and Patricia Abaroa | September 6-8, 2006

Presented at International Association for Official Statistics | Ottawa

Outsourcing and Imported Services in BEA’s Industry Accounts (PDF • 198 KB)

by Robert E. Yuskavage, Erich H. Strassner, and Gabriel W. Medeiros

Presented at the National Bureau of Economic Research Conference on Research in Income and Wealth, Conference on International Service Flows.

Comparing Price Measures—The CPI and PCE Price Index (PDF • 137 KB)

by Brian C. Moyer | March 13-14, 2006

Presented at the National Association for Business Economics | Washington Economic Policy Conference

Globalization, Offshoring, and Multinational Companies: What Are the Questions, and How Well Are We Doing in Answering Them? (PDF • 94 KB) (Abstract)

by Ralph Kozlow | January 6, 2006

Presented at the Allied Social Science Associations annual meetings.

2005

Accounting for Nonmarket Production: A Prototype Satellite Account Using the American Time Use Survey (PDF • 103 KB)

by J. Steven Landefeld, Barbara M. Fraumeni, and Cindy M. Vojtech | December 8-9, 2005

Presented at the ATUS Early Results Conference

Importance of Data Sharing to BEA (PDF • 149 KB)

by J. Steven Landefeld and Dennis Fixler | October 21, 2005

Presented at the Committee on National Statistics workshop on The Benefits of Interagency Business Data Sharing

U.S. Industry Classification Procedures for Direct Investment (PDF • 113 KB)

by Ralph Kozlow and Obie G. Whichard | March 7-11, 2005

Presented at the March meeting of IMF/OECD Direct Investment Technical Expert Group

Indirect Investment: FCS, USM, or 50% Ownership (PDF • 1,857 KB)

by Ralph Kozlow | March 7-11, 2005

Presented at the March meeting of IMF/OECD Direct Investment Technical Expert Group

2004

Revisions to GDP Estimates in the U.S. (PDF • 187 KB)

by Dennis Fixler | October 7, 2004

Presented at the OECD Workshop on Revisions

Recent U.S. Progress in Collecting Data on Derivatives (PDF • 172 KB) (Abstract)

by Ralph Kozlow | October 26-29, 2004

Presented at the Seventeenth Meeting of the IMF Committee on Balance of Payments Statistics | Pretoria, South Africa

Corporate Profits in the GDP Accounts (PDF • 817 KB)

by Rosemary Marcuss | May 2-4, 2004

Presented at the National Association for Business Economics Conference on Economic Statistics | Kissimmee, Florida

The National Income and Product Accounts (PDF • 459 KB) (Includes speakers notes)

by Brooks B. Robinson and Shelly Smith | May 2-4, 2004

Presented at the National Association for Business Economics Conference on Economic Statistics | Kissimmee, Florida

Integrated Macroeconomic Accounts for the United States: Draft SNA-USA (PDF • 192 KB) (Includes data from 1985-2002) (Abstract)

by Albert M. Teplin, CSE Analysis, Rochelle Antoniewicz, Investment Company Institute, Susan Hume McIntosh and Michael G. Palumbo, Federal Reserve Board, Genevieve Solomon, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Charles Ian Mead, Karin Moses, and Brent R. Moulton, Bureau of Economic Analysis | April 16-17, 2004

Presented at the Conference on Research in Income and Wealth, Architecture of National Accounts | Washington, D.C.

Note: This paper was first posted on May 17, 2004. An updated version of this paper was posted on this Web site on July 6, 2005.

An Overview of U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Statistics on Multinational Companies (PDF • 213 KB) (Abstract)

by Ralph Kozlow | March 22-24, 2004

Presented at the OECD Workshop on International Investment Statistics | Paris, France

Appendix for An Overview of U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Statistics on Multinational Companies (Excel • 120 KB)

Patterns of Production and Employment by U.S. Multinational Companies (PDF • 144 KB)

by Obie G. Whichard, based on a NOTE by Raymond J. Mataloni, Jr. | March 26, 2004

Presented at the National Association for Business Economics 2004 Washington Economic Policy Conference | Washington, DC

NIPA Corporate Profits and Reported Earnings: A Comparison and Measurement Issues (PDF • 84 KB) (Abstract)

by Charles Ian Mead, Brent R. Moulton, and Kenneth Petrick | January 3-5, 2004

Presented at the ASSA/AEA meetings | San Diego, CA

2003

Trade in Goods Within Multinational Companies: Survey-Based Data and Findings for the United States of America (PDF • 144 KB) (Abstract)

by William J. Zeile | November 3-4, 2003

Presented at the meeting of the OECD Committee on Industry and Business Environment, Working Party on Statistics, Session on Globalisation | Paris, France

Survey Data Collection Over the Internet at the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (PDF • 348 KB) (Abstract)

by Patricia C. Walker | October 20-22, 2003

Prepared for the work session on Statistical Data Editing organized by the Statistical Division of the UN Economic Commission for Europe | Madrid, Spain

Measuring Globalization: The Experience of the United States of America (PDF • 57 KB) (Abstract)

by Obie G. Whichard | June 2-3, 2003

Presented at the 22nd seminar of the European Advisory Committee on Statistical Information in the Economic and Social Spheres | Copenhagen, Denmark

Working with Chain-type Aggregates: A Few Tricks (PDF • 75 KB)

by Brent R. Moulton | June 16, 2003

Presented at the Forecasters Club of New York

Globalization and Multinational Companies: What Are the Questions, and How Well Are We Doing in Answering Them? (PDF • 36 KB) (Abstract)

by J. Steven Landefeld and Ralph Kozlow | June 12, 2003

Presented at the Conference of European Statisticians, Globalization Seminar | Geneva, Switzerland

Selected Issues on the Treatment of Nonperforming Loans in Macroeconomic Statistics (PDF • 27 KB) (Abstract)

by Ralph Kozlow | May 2003

Prepared for the IMF's Electronic Discussion Group on the Treatment of Nonperforming Loans in Macroeconomic Statistics

2002

Valuing the Direct Investment Position in U.S. Economic Accounts (PDF • 48 KB) (Abstract)

by Ralph Kozlow | October 21-25, 2002

Presented at the Fifteenth Meeting of the IMF Committee on Balance of Payments Statistics | Canberra, Australia

Exploring the Borderline Between Direct Investment and Other Types of Investment: The U.S. Treatment (PDF • 55 KB) (Abstract)

by Ralph Kozlow | October 21-25, 2002

Presented at the Fifteenth Meeting of the IMF Committee on Balance of Payments Statistics | Canberra, Australia

2001
	BEA's Preliminary Strategic Plan for 2001 - 2005 by J. Steven Landefeld Presented at the November 30, 2001 meeting of the BEA Advisory Committee	Overview Full paper	(PDF - 111 KB) (PDF - 373 KB)
	The Expanding Role of Hedonic Methods in the Official Statistics of the United States (Abstract) by Brent R. Moulton Presented at the November 30, 2001 meeting of the BEA Advisory Committee	Full paper	(PDF - 131 KB)
	Alternative Treatments of Consumer Durables in the National Accounts by Barbara M. Fraumeni and Sumiye Okubo Presented at the May 11, 2001 meeting of the BEA Advisory Committee	Full paper	(PDF - 85 KB)
	Selected Price Estimation Work at Other Government Organizations by Bruce T. Grimm Presented at the May 11, 2001 meeting of the BEA Advisory Committee	Full paper	(PDF - 57 KB)
	Balancing the GDP Account by G. Christian Ehemann and Brent R. Moulton Presented at the May 11, 2001 meeting of the BEA Advisory Committee	Full paper	(PDF - 57 KB)
	Revisions to GDP by J. Steven Landefeld and Bruce T. Grimm Presented at the May 11, 2001 meeting of the BEA Advisory Committee	Full paper	(PDF - 13 KB)
	Measuring the New Economy (Abstract) by J. Steven Landefeld and Barbara M. Fraumeni Presented at the May 5, 2000 meeting of the BEA Advisory Committee. (Revised, March 2001)	Full paper	(PDF - 641 KB)
2000
	International Accounts Data Needs: Plans, Progress, and Priorities (Abstract) by Ralph Kozlow Presented at the November 17, 2000 meeting of the BEA Advisory Committee.	Full paper	(PDF - 483 KB)
	Priorities for Industry Accounts at BEA (Abstract) by Robert E. Yuskavage Presented at the November 17, 2000 meeting of the BEA Advisory Committee.	Full paper	(PDF - 1,387 KB)
	Treatment of Employee Stock Options in the U.S. National Economic Accounts (Abstract) by Carol E. Moylan Presented at the OECD Meeting of National Accounts Experts, Paris, France, September 26-29, 2000.	Full paper	(PDF - 24 KB)
	Current and Future Directions for the U.S. Industry Accounts (Abstract) by Ann M. Lawson Presented at the 13th International Conference on Input-Output Techniques, Macerata, Italy, August 21-25, 2000.	Full paper	(PDF - 65 KB)
	United States Statistics on Trade in Services (Abstract) by Obie G. Whichard Presented at the APEC Seminar on Statistical Reporting on Service Trade, in Tianjin, China, August 14-17, 2000.	Full paper	(PDF - 58 KB)
	Principles and Practices for Making Statistics Relevant for Economic Decision Making (Abstract) by J. Steven Landefeld Presented at the Goskomstat Workshop: Developing the State Statistical System of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia, May 28-29, 2000	Full paper	(PDF - 27 KB)
	Recognition of Business and Government Expenditures for Software as Investment: Methodology and Quantitative Impacts, 1959-98 (Abstract) by Robert P. Parker and Bruce T. Grimm Presented at the May 5, 2000 meeting of the BEA Advisory Committee.	Full paper Tables	(PDF - 167 KB) (PDF - 33 KB)
		-- Revised versions of Tables 1 and 11, with explanatory note. [Updated Sep 3, 2002]
		Tables	(XLS -17 KB)
		-- Revised spreadsheet version of Table 1, with explanatory note. [Updated May 19, 2003]
		Tables	(XLS - 17 KB)
		-- Revised spreadsheet version of Tables 11, with explanatory note. [Updated May 19, 2003]
	Measurement of Banking Services in the U.S. National Income and Product Accounts: Recent Changes and Outstanding Issues (Abstract) by Brent R. Moulton Presented at the May 5, 2000 meeting of the BEA Advisory Committee.	Full paper	(PDF - 30 KB)