Comparison of BEA and Others' R&D Capital Stock Estimates

	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990
	Levels
R&D net total capital stock:
BEA	278	429	581	646	686	797	978
BEA alternative with 11-percent depreciation rate	280	423	551	604	670	810	978
Kendrick	441	661
Eisner	298	476	664	835	1,096
OMB/1/	200	400	600	700	800	1,000	1,200
R&D net federally-funded capital stock:
BEA alternative with 11-percent depreciation rate			312	321	338	381	442
OMB			384	427	460	509	593
R&D net industry capital stock:
BEA	189	297	391	425	451	547	698
BLS	98	143	202	262	314	392
Nadiri and Prucha	295	352	401	410	433	521
	BEA less other estimates
R&D net total capital stock:
BEA alternative with 11-percent depreciation rate	-2	6	30	42	16	-13	0
Kendrick/2/	-163	-232	-298
Eisner	-20	-47	-83	-189	-410
OMB/1/	0	0	0	-100	-100	-200	-200
R&D net federally funded capital stock:
OMB			-72	-106	-122	-128	-151
R&D net industry capital stock:
BLS	91	154	189	163	137	155
Nadiri and Prucha	-106	-55	-10	15	18	26

1. Published estimates are rounded to the nearest $100 billion.

2. The difference shown for 1970 is actually for 1969, the latest year available.

BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics

OMB Office of Management and Budget

R&D Research and development