BEA Working Papers
This page provides links to research papers and analytical presentations prepared by BEA staff. The category includes papers that might be developed into formal papers or presentations at later dates. Abstracts are presented in HTML format; complete papers are in PDF format.
The views expressed in these papers are solely those of the authors and not necessarily those of the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis or the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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2013
Home Productivity (WP2013-3) (PDF)
Export Mode and Market Entry Costs (WP2013-1) (PDF)
2012
Decomposing Medical-Care Expenditure Growth (WP2012-10) (PDF)
Implications of Utilization Shifts on Medical-Care Price Measurement (WP2012-9) (PDF)
Comparing Commercial Systems for Characterizing Episodes of Care (WP2012-7) (PDF)
Physician Market Power and Medical-Care Expenditures (WP2012-6) (PDF)
Valuation of Near-Market Endogenous Assets (WP2012-5) (PDF)
2011
Estimating the Price of Rents in Regional Price Parties (WP2011-09) (PDF)
Is GDP or GDI a better measure of output? A statistical approach. (WP2011-08) (PDF)
The Productivity Advantage and Global Scope of U.S. Multinational Firms (WP2011-02) (PDF)
2010
Price Discrimination and Business-Cycle Risk (WP2010-16) (PDF)
International Supply Chains and the Volatility of Trade (WP2010-13) (PDF)
The Value of Coverage in the Medicare Advantage Insurance Market (WP2010-11) (PDF)
Market Entry and Trade Weighted Import Costs (WP2010-05) (PDF)
News, Noise,
and Estimates of the "True" Unobserved State of the Economy
(WP2010-04)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 381 KB) | Supplementary Appendix (PDF • 142 KB)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 381 KB) | Supplementary Appendix (PDF • 142 KB)
Human Capital Accounting in the United States: 1994 to 2006 (WP2010-03)
Full Paper (PDF • 153 KB)
Full Paper (PDF • 153 KB)
This research was conducted under contract to the BEA as part of ongoing research into human capital accounts. The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author and not necessarily those of the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis or the U.S. Department of Commerce.
2009
Metropolitan Area Disposable Personal Income – Methodology and Results for 2001-2007 (WP2009-05)
Full Paper (PDF • 277 KB) | Results Table (XLS Spreadsheet • 848 KB)
Full Paper (PDF • 277 KB) | Results Table (XLS Spreadsheet • 848 KB)
Accrual Measures of Pension-Related Compensation and Wealth of State and Local Government Workers (WP2009-03)
Full Paper (PDF • 154 KB)
Full Paper (PDF • 154 KB)
2008
Do Intangible Assets Explain High U.S. Foreign Direct Investment Returns? (WP2008-06)
Full Paper (PDF • 237 KB)
Full Paper (PDF • 237 KB)
Accounting for Obsolescence: An Evaluation of Current NIPA Practice (WP2008-05)
Full Paper (PDF • 308 KB)
Full Paper (PDF • 308 KB)
Prepared for presentation at The 2008 World Congress on National Accounts for Nations | Arlington, VA
The Importance of Pricing the Bundle of Treatments (WP2008-04)
Abstract (PDF • 51 KB) | Full Paper (PDF • 162 KB) | Appendix (XLS Spreadsheet • 57 KB)
Abstract (PDF • 51 KB) | Full Paper (PDF • 162 KB) | Appendix (XLS Spreadsheet • 57 KB)
State-Level Wage AGI Gap for Tax Years 2000-2002 (WP2008-03)
Abstract (PDF • 11 KB) | Full Paper (PDF • 111 KB) | Results (XLS Spreadsheet • 57 KB)
Abstract (PDF • 11 KB) | Full Paper (PDF • 111 KB) | Results (XLS Spreadsheet • 57 KB)
Metropolitan Area Disposable Personal Income: Methodology and Results for 2001-2004 (WP2008-02)
Abstract (PDF • 78 KB) | Full Paper (PDF • 1254 KB) | Results (XLS Spreadsheet • 424 KB)
Abstract (PDF • 78 KB) | Full Paper (PDF • 1254 KB) | Results (XLS Spreadsheet • 424 KB)
State Retirement Income Estimates and an Alternative Measure of State Personal Income (WP2008-01)
Abstract (PDF • 7 KB) | Full Paper (PDF • 137 KB)
Abstract (PDF • 7 KB) | Full Paper (PDF • 137 KB)
2007
Estimates of State Price Levels for Consumption Goods and Services: a first brush (WP2007-06)
Full Paper (PDF • 241 KB)
Full Paper (PDF • 241 KB)
Implementing a Reconciliation and Balancing Model in the
U.S. Industry Accounts (WP2007-05)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 298 KB)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 298 KB)
An Empirical Comparison of Methods for Temporal Distribution and Interpolation at the National Accounts (WP2007-04)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 968 KB)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 968 KB)
How Should Inventory Investment be Measured in National Accounts? (WP2007-03)
Full Paper (PDF • 166 KB)
Full Paper (PDF • 166 KB)
Intermittent Purchases and Welfare-Based Price Deflators for Durable Goods (WP2007-01)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 164 KB)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 164 KB)
2006
A Balanced System of Industry Accounts for the U.S. and Structural Distribution of Statistical Discrepancy (WP2006-8)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 306 KB)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 306 KB)
Prepared for the 10th OCED-NBS Workshop on National Accounts | Paris, France
The Feasibility of Producing Personal Income to Adjusted Gross Income (PI-AGI) Reconciliations by State (WP2006-05)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 157 KB) | Tables in this paper (XLS • 30 KB)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 157 KB) | Tables in this paper (XLS • 30 KB)
Metropolitan Area Disposable Personal Income - Methodology and Results for 2001-2002 (WP2006-04)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 174 KB) | Tables in this paper (XLS • 645 KB)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 174 KB) | Tables in this paper (XLS • 645 KB)
Linking Frascati-based R&D Spending to the System of National Accounts (WP2006-03)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 250 KB)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 250 KB)
Prepared for the Conference of the Group on Measurement of Non-financial Assets
(Canberra II), March 29th - April 1, 2005 | Canberra, Australia
R&D Expenditures for the U.S.: A Frascati to System of National Accounts Application to U.S. Data (WP2006-02)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 555 KB)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 555 KB)
Prepared for the Conference of the Group on Measurement of Non-financial Assets
(Canberra II), March 29th - April 1, 2005 | Canberra, Australia
The Response of Prices, Sales, and Output to Temporary Changes in Demand (WP2006-01)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 257 KB)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 257 KB)
2005
Evaluating and Adjusting for Chain Drift in National Economic Accounts (WP2005-10)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 1402 KB)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 1402 KB)
Moore's Law, Competition and Intel's Productivity in the Mid-1990s (WP2005-08)
Full Paper (PDF • 179 KB)
Full Paper (PDF • 179 KB)
Why Are Semiconductor Price Indexes Falling So Fast?: Industry Estimates and Implications for Productivity Measurement (WP2005-07)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 739 KB)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 739 KB)
Differences in Hedonic and Matched-Model Price Indexes: Do the Weights Matter? (WP2005-06)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 541 KB)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 541 KB)
Alternative Measures of U.S. Economic Activity in Business Cycles and Business Cycle Dating (WP2005-05)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 81 KB)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 81 KB)
Further Integrating BEA's Economic Accounts: Introducing Annual Input-Output Estimates into the Gross State Product by Industry Accounts (WP2005-04)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 861 KB)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 861 KB)
International Trade and Economic Growth: A Possible Methodology for Estimating Cross-Border R&D Spillovers (WP2005-03)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 163 KB)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 163 KB)
Presented at the National Bureau of Economic Research Productivity Meeting | Cambridge, MA
The Effects of the Quality Adjustment Method on Price Indices for Digital Cameras (WP2005-01)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 496 KB)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 496 KB)
2004
Using Efficiency Tests to Reduce Revisions in Panel Data: The Case of Wage and Salary Estimates for U.S. States (WP2004-09)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 271 KB)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 271 KB)
News, Noise,
and Estimates of the "True" Unobserved State of the Economy
(WP2004-08)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 381 KB) | Supplementary Appendix (PDF • 142 KB)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 381 KB) | Supplementary Appendix (PDF • 142 KB)
The Effects of Low-Valued Transactions on the Quality of U.S. International Export Estimates, 1994-1998 (WP2004-07)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 114 KB)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 114 KB)
Offshore Outsourcing and Multinational Companies (WP2004-06)
Presentation (PDF • 149 KB) | More information on Offshore Outsourcing and Multinational Companies
Presentation (PDF • 149 KB) | More information on Offshore Outsourcing and Multinational Companies
Presented at the Brookings Institution
“Offshoring” and the U.S. Balance of Payments (WP2004-05)
Presentation (PDF • 105 KB) | More information on Offshore Outsourcing and Multinational Companies
Presentation (PDF • 105 KB) | More information on Offshore Outsourcing and Multinational Companies
Presented at the Brookings Institution
Current Consumption and Future Income Growth: Synthetic Panel Evidence (WP2004-04)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 284 KB) | Data Appendix (PDF • 72 KB)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 284 KB) | Data Appendix (PDF • 72 KB)
Volunteer Output and the National Accounts: An Empirical Analysis (WP2004-03)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 372 KB)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 372 KB)
Presented at the 2004 Eastern Economic Association Annual Meeting | Washington, DC
International Fragmentation of Production and the Intrafirm Trade of U.S. Multinational Companies (WP2004-02)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 180 KB)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 180 KB)
Presented at the National Bureau of Economic Research/Conference on Research in Income and Wealth meeting on Firm-level Data, Trade and Foreign Direct Investment | Cambridge, Massachusetts
Presented at the OECD Committee on Industry and Business Environment/Working Party on Statistics Session on Globalization | Paris, France
2003
New Quality Adjusted Price Indexes for Nonresidential Structures (WP2003-03)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 138 KB)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 138 KB)
Presented at the IMF/BIS Conference on Real Estate Indicators and Financial Stability | Washington, DC
A Computational Routine for Disaggregating Industry Margin Data to Estimate Product Margin Rates (WP2003-02)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 426 KB)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 426 KB)
Presented at the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology Research Conference | Washington, DC
Presented at the session "Tracking the Turning Points in the Economy," AEA meetings | Washington, DC
2002
An Analysis of the Composition of Intermediate Inputs by Industry (WP2002-05)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 772 KB)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 772 KB)
Presented at the 14th International Conference on Input-Output Techniques | Montreal, Canada
Increasing the Timeliness of U.S. Annual I-O Accounts (WP2002-04)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 300 KB)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 300 KB)
Presented at the 14th International Conference on Input-Output Techniques | Montreal, Canada
Presented at the International Regional Science Annual Meeting | Charleston, SC
From Make-Use to Symmetric I-O Tables: An Assessment of Alternative Technology Assumptions (WP2002-03)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 435 KB)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 435 KB)
Presented at the 14th International Conference on Input-Output Techniques | Montreal, Canada
Information Processing Equipment and Software in the National Accounts (WP2002-02)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 151 KB)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 151 KB)
Presented at the Conference on Measuring Capital in the New Economy, sponsored by the NBER/CRIW | Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C.
R&D in the National Income and Product Accounts: A First Look at its Effect on GDP (WP2002-01)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 656 KB)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 656 KB)
Presented at the Conference on Measuring Capital in the New Economy, sponsored by the NBER/CRIW | Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C.
2001
Investigating Convergence of the U.S. Regions: A Time-Series Analysis (WP2001-02)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 323 KB)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 323 KB)
Presented at the Annual Conference of the Mid-Continent Regional Science Association | Duluth, MN
Presented at the Brookings Trade Forum 2001 | Washington, DC
2000
Using Input-Output Analysis to Measure U.S. Economic Structural Change Over a 24 Year Period (WP2000-01)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 409 KB)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 409 KB)
Presented at the 13th International Conference on Input-Output Techniques | Macerata, Italy