Innovation Account
Note...
In 2013, business and government investment in research and development was introduced into BEA’s national income and product accounts and industry economic accounts. This page provides links to the historical research and development satellite accounts and related background material; the last update to these supplemental materials was in December, 2012.
For the most recent estimates of research and development, please access the national income and product accounts and the industry economic accounts through BEA's interactive data application.
- Depreciation of Business R&D Capital | August 2016 (PDF)
- Survey of Current Business: Toward Better Measurement of Innovation and Intangibles | January 2009 (PDF)
- Innovation Measurement: Tracking the State of Innovation in the American Economy (PDF) | From the Advisory Committee on Measuring Innovation in the 21st Century Economy
Research and Development Satellite Account
2013
- Industry-level Output Price Indexes for R&D: An Input-cost Approach with R&D Productivity Adjustment (PDF) | December 2012
2010
- Survey of Current Business: Research and Development Satellite Account Update (PDF)
- Tables (PDF) | December 2010
- 1959-2007 research and development data (Excel) | December 2010
- News Release: Research and Development | June 2010
- 1998-2007 research and development data (Excel) | June 2010
2007
- News Release: Research and Development
- Report (PDF)
- Survey of Current Business: Research and Development Satellite Account Update. Estimates for 1959-2004: New Estimates for Industry, Regional, and International Accounts (PDF)
- Tables (PDF) | October 2007
- Report upon release, September 28, 2007 (PDF)
- 1959-2004 research and development data (Excel)
- Information Guide: Research and Development
- Background Papers
- Methodology for R&D Capital Stocks and Net Rates of Return (PDF • 475 KB)
- Framework for an Industry-based R&D Satellite Account (PDF • 143 KB)
- 2007 R&D Satellite Account Methodologies: Current-dollar GDP Estimates (PDF • 1,082 KB)
- Methodology for the Industry Estimates in the 2007 R&D Satellite Account (PDF • 1,449 KB)
- Estimating Prices for R&D Investment in the 2007 R&D Satellite Account (PDF • 446 KB)
- R&D Depreciation Rates in the 2007 R&D Satellite Account (PDF • 81 KB)
- Treatment of International Research and Development as Investment (PDF • 986KB)
- Issues Related to Treating R&D as Investment In BEA’s Regional Accounts (PDF • 179KB)
Research and Development Conference, December 2006
2006
- News Release: Research and Development
- Survey of Current Business: Preliminary Estimates of R&D for 1959-2002:Effect on GDP and Other Measures December 2006 (PDF • KB)
- Full Report (PDF • KB)
- Appendix (PDF • KB)
- 1959-2002 research and development data (Excel • KB)
1994
- Survey of Current Business: A Satellite Account for Research and Development (PDF • KB) | November 1994
