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
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)
Paper prepared for the 2008 World Congress on National Accounts and Economic Performance Measures for Nations | May 15, 2008 | Arlington, VA
2007
Do U.S. Multinationals Engage In Sequential Choice? Evidence from New Manufacturing Operations in Europe (PDF • 1,715 KB)
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)
R&D Depreciation Rates in the 2007 R&D Satellite Account (PDF • 81 KB)
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.
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)
Keeping Economic Statistics Relevant through Updating the System of National Accounts (PDF • 187 KB)
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 •
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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 •
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Prepared for the Third International Conference on Establishment Surveys | Montreal, Canada
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)
Presented at the Nineteenth Meeting of the IMF Committee on Balance of Payments Statistics | Frankfurt, Germany
Prepared for the 31st Committee on Statistical Information in the Economic and Social Spheres — Are we measuring productivity correctly? | Rome, Italy
Distributive Services in the U.S. Economic Accounts (PDF • 167 KB)
Presented at the National Bureau of Economic Research Conference on Research in Income and Wealth | Summer Institute.
Presented at International Association for Official Statistics | Ottawa
Outsourcing and Imported Services in BEA’s Industry Accounts (PDF • 198 KB)
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)
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)
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)
Presented at the ATUS Early Results Conference
Importance of Data Sharing to BEA (PDF • 149 KB)
Presented at the Committee on National Statistics workshop on The Benefits of Interagency Business Data Sharing
Presented at the March meeting of IMF/OECD Direct Investment Technical Expert Group
Indirect Investment: FCS, USM, or 50% Ownership (PDF • 1,857 KB)
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)
Presented at the OECD Workshop on Revisions
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)
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)
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)
Presented at the Conference on Research in Income and Wealth, Architecture of National Accounts | Washington, D.C.
Related tables for the Integrated Macroeconomic Accounts for the United States: Draft SNA-USA (Excel • 406 KB)
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)
Presented at the OECD Workshop on International Investment Statistics | Paris, France
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)
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)
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)
Prepared for the work session on Statistical Data Editing organized by the Statistical Division of the UN Economic Commission for Europe | Madrid, Spain
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)
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)
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)
Prepared for the IMF's Electronic Discussion Group on the Treatment of Nonperforming Loans in Macroeconomic Statistics
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)
Presented at the Fifteenth Meeting of the IMF Committee on Balance of Payments Statistics | Canberra, Australia
2001 |
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BEA's Preliminary Strategic Plan for 2001 - 2005 Presented at the November 30, 2001 meeting of the BEA Advisory Committee |
Overview Full paper |
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The Expanding Role of Hedonic Methods in the Official Statistics of the United States (Abstract) Presented at the November 30, 2001 meeting of the BEA Advisory Committee |
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Alternative Treatments of Consumer Durables in the National Accounts Presented at the May 11, 2001 meeting of the BEA Advisory Committee |
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Selected Price Estimation Work at Other Government Organizations Presented at the May 11, 2001 meeting of the BEA Advisory Committee |
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Balancing the GDP Account Presented at the May 11, 2001 meeting of the BEA Advisory Committee |
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Revisions to GDP Presented at the May 11, 2001 meeting of the BEA Advisory Committee |
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Measuring the New Economy (Abstract) Presented at the May 5, 2000 meeting of the BEA Advisory Committee. (Revised, March 2001) |
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2000 |
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International Accounts Data Needs: Plans, Progress, and Priorities (Abstract) Presented at the November 17, 2000 meeting of the BEA Advisory Committee. |
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Priorities for Industry Accounts at BEA (Abstract) Presented at the November 17, 2000 meeting of the BEA Advisory Committee. |
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Treatment of Employee Stock Options in the U.S. National Economic Accounts (Abstract) Presented at the OECD Meeting of National Accounts Experts, Paris, France, September 26-29, 2000. |
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Current and Future Directions for the U.S. Industry Accounts (Abstract) Presented at the 13th International Conference on Input-Output Techniques, Macerata, Italy, August 21-25, 2000. |
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United States Statistics on Trade in Services (Abstract) Presented at the APEC Seminar on Statistical Reporting on Service Trade, in Tianjin, China, August 14-17, 2000. |
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Principles and Practices for Making Statistics Relevant for Economic Decision Making (Abstract) Presented at the Goskomstat Workshop: Developing the State Statistical System of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia, May 28-29, 2000 |
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Recognition of Business and Government Expenditures for Software as Investment: Methodology and Quantitative Impacts, 1959-98 (Abstract) Presented at the May 5, 2000 meeting of the BEA Advisory Committee. |
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-- Revised versions of Tables 1 and 11, with explanatory note. [Updated Sep 3, 2002] | |||
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-- Revised spreadsheet version of Table 1, with explanatory note. [Updated May 19, 2003] | |||
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-- 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) Presented at the May 5, 2000 meeting of the BEA Advisory Committee. |
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