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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2008

State Retirement Income Estimates and an Alternative Measure of State Personal Income (WP2008-01)
Abstract (PDF • 8 KB) | Full Paper (PDF • 138 KB)

by David G. Lenze | April 2008

2007

Estimates of State Price Levels for Consumption Goods and Services: a first brush (WP2007-05)
Full Paper (PDF • 242 KB)

by Bettina H. Aten | October 2007

Implementing a Reconciliation and Balancing Model in the U.S. Industry Accounts (WP2007-04)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 299 KB)

by Dylan G. Rassier, Thomas F. Howells III, Edward T. Morgan, Nicholas R. Empey, and Conrad E. Roesch | September 2007

An Empirical Comparison of Methods for Temporal Distribution and Interpolation at the National Accounts (WP2007-03)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 969 KB)

by Baoline Chen | August 2007

Intermittent Purchases and Welfare-Based Price Deflators for Durable Goods (WP2007-02)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 164 KB)

by Ana Aizcorbe and Adam Copeland | February 2007

The Statistical Discrepancy (WP2007-01)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 173 KB)

by Bruce T. Grimm | March 2007

2006

A Balanced System of Industry Accounts for the U.S. and Structural Distribution of Statistical Discrepancy (WP2006-8)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 307 KB)

by Baoline Chen | November 6-10, 2006

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

by Leonard Loebach | November 2006

Concepts and Methods of the U.S. Input-Output Accounts (WP2006-06)
Full Manual (PDF • 2,591 KB)

by Karen J. Horowitz and Mark A. Planting | September 2006

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)

by Robert L. Brown, Ann E. Dunbar, and Adrienne T. Pilot | January 2006

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)

by Ann E. Dunbar | April 2006

Linking Frascati-based R&D Spending to the System of National Accounts (WP2006-03)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 250 KB)

by Carol Robbins | March 2006

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 • 556 KB)

by Carol A. Robbins | March 2006

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 • 258 KB)

by Adam Copeland and George Hall | January 2006

2005

Report on Interarea Price Levels (WP2005-11)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 480 KB)

by Betina H. Aten | November 2005

Evaluating and Adjusting for Chain Drift in National Economic Accounts (WP2005-10)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 1,403 KB)

by Christian Ehemman | December 2005

Chain Drift in Leading Superlative Indexes (WP2005-09)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 1,989 KB)

by Christian Ehemman | December 2005

Moore's Law, Competition and Intel's Productivity in the Mid-1990s (WP2005-08)
Full Paper (PDF • 179 KB)

by Ana Aizcorbe | September 2005

Why Are Semiconductor Price Indexes Falling So Fast?: Industry Estimates and Implications for Productivity Measurement (WP2005-07)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 740 KB)

by Ana Aizcorbe | September 2005

Differences in Hedonic and Matched-Model Price Indexes: Do the Weights Matter? (WP2005-06)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 542 KB)

by Ana Aizcorbe and Yvon Pho | September 2005

Alternative Measures of U.S. Economic Activity in Business Cycles and Business Cycle Dating (WP2005-05)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 81 KB)

by Bruce Grimm | August 2005

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 • 862 KB)

by John Sporing, Jr., George K. Downey, and John R. Kort | April 2005

International Trade and Economic Growth: A Possible Methodology for Estimating Cross-Border R&D Spillovers (WP2005-03)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 164 KB)

by Lawrence R. McNeil and Barbara M. Fraumeni | March 4, 2005

Presented at the National Bureau of Economic Research Productivity Meeting | Cambridge, MA

Another Look At Nonresidential Building Prices (WP2005-02)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 151 KB)

by Leonard J. Loebach | February 2005

The Effects of the Quality Adjustment Method on Price Indices for Digital Cameras (WP2005-01)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 497 KB)

by Kari Manninen | February 2005

2004

Moore's Law and the Semiconductor Industry: A Vintage Model (WP2004-10)
Full Paper (PDF • 440 KB)

by Ana Aizcorbe and Samuel Kortum | December 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 • 272 KB)

by Jeremy J. Nalewaik | April 2004

News, Noise, and Estimates of the "True" Unobserved State of the Economy (WP2004-08)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 389 KB) | Supplementary Appendix (PDF • 143 KB)

by Dennis J. Fixler and Jeremy J. Nalewaik | First Draft: August 2004 | Updated: January 2006

The Effects of Low-Valued Transactions on the Quality of U.S. International Export Estimates, 1994-1998 (WP2004-07)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 115 KB)

by Charles Ian Mead | July 2004

Offshore Outsourcing and Multinational Companies (WP2004-06)
Presentation (PDF • 149 KB) | More information on Offshore Outsourcing and Multinational Companies

by J. Steven Landefeld and Raymond J. Mataloni | June 22, 2004

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

by Ralph H. Kozlow and Maria Borga | June 22, 2004

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)

by Jeremy J. Nalewaik | First Draft: February 2004 | Updated: December 2004

Volunteer Output and the National Accounts: An Empirical Analysis (WP2004-03)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 372 KB)

by Yvon H. Pho | February 20-22, 2004

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 • 181 KB)

by Maria Borga and William J. Zeile | Cambridge, Massachusetts, August 7-8, 2003 | Paris, France, November 3-4, 2003

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

Reliability of the State Personal Income Estimates (WP2004-01)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 459 KB)

by Robert L. Brown, Bruce T. Grimm, and Marian B. Sacks | January 2004

2003

New Quality Adjusted Price Indexes for Nonresidential Structures (WP2003-03)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 138 KB)

by Bruce T. Grimm | October 27-28, 2003

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)

by Matthew D. Atkinson | Fall 2003

Presented at the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology Research Conference | Washington, DC

Revisions, Rationality, and Turning Points in GDP (WP2003-01)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 386 KB)

by Dennis J. Fixler and Bruce T. Grimm | January 3-5, 2003

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 • 773 KB)

by Erich H. Strassner and Brian C. Moyer | October 10-15, 2002

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 • 301 KB)

by Mark A. Planting and Jiemin Guo | October 10-15, 2002, Montreal, Canada | November 2001, Charleston, South Carolina

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 • 436 KB)

by Jiemin Guo, Ann M. Lawson, and Mark A. Planting | October 10-15, 2002

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 • 152 KB)

by Bruce T. Grimm, Brent R. Moulton, and David B.Wasshausen | April 26-27, 2002

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)

by Barbara M. Fraumeni and Sumiye Okubo | April 26-27, 2002

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)

by Richard E. Kane | June 31-June 2, 2001

Presented at the Annual Conference of the Mid-Continent Regional Science Association | Duluth, MN

Expansion Strategies of U.S. Multinational Firms (WP2001-01)
Abstract | Full Paper (PDF • 219 KB)

by Gordon H. Hanson, Raymond J. Mataloni, Jr., and Matthew J. Slaughter | May 10-11, 2001

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)

by Jiemin Guo and Mark A. Planting | August 21-25, 2000

Presented at the 13th International Conference on Input-Output Techniques | Macerata, Italy