Rachel Soloveichik

Research Economist

Rachel Soloveichik

rachel.soloveichik@bea.gov
(301) 278-9643

Education

Ph.D.

University of Chicago

Economics

2007

M.B.A.

University of Chicago

Economics

2007

B.A.

University of Chicago

Math and Statistics

2000

Paper (WP2024-9)

Radio Spectra as Telecommunications Assets (PDF)

Rachel Soloveichik

December 2024

External Paper/Article

Types of Capital and Their Measurement

Josh Martin , Leonard Nakamura , and Rachel Soloveichik

ESCoE Discussion Paper 2024-14

November 2024

External Paper/Article

Marketing, Other Intangibles, and Output Growth in 61 United States Industries

Leo Sveikauskas , Rachel Soloveichik , Corby Garner , Peter B. Meyer , James Bessen , and Mathew Russell

Review of Income and Wealth 70(4), pages 1190-1215

May 2024

Working Paper

Capitalizing Data: Case Studies of Driving Records and Vehicle Insurance Claims

Rachel Soloveichik

April 2024

Working Paper

Private Funding of “Free” Data: A Theoretical Framework

Rachel Soloveichik

April 2024

Working Paper (WP2023-11)

Marketing, Other Intangibles, and Output Growth in 61 United States Industries (PDF)

Leo Sveikauskas , Rachel Soloveichik , Corby Garner , Peter B. Meyer , James Bessen , and Mathew Russell

October 2023

Working Paper (WP2023-7)

Capitalizing Data: Case Studies of Tax Forms and Individual Credit Reports (PDF)

Rachel Soloveichik

June 2023

Working Paper (WP2022-9)

Natural Resource Exploration as Intangible Investment (PDF)

Rachel Soloveichik

July 2022

Working Paper (WP2022-4)

Theoretical Inflation for Unavailable Products (PDF)

Rachel Soloveichik

March 2022

Working Paper (WP2021-6)

Tracking Cultivated Assets in Measures of Capital (PDF)

Rachel Soloveichik

September 2021

Working Paper (WP2021-5)

Tracking Marijuana in the National Accounts (PDF)

Rachel Soloveichik

August 2021

Working Paper (WP2020-14)

Consumer Prices During A Stay-in-Place Policy: Theoretical Inflation for Unavailable Products (PDF)

Rachel Soloveichik

December 2020

Working Paper (WP2019-4)

Including Illegal Activity in the U.S. National Economic Accounts (PDF)

Rachel Soloveichik

July 2019

Working Paper (WP2019-2)

Accounting for Improved Brick and Mortar Shopping Experiences: (PDF)

Rachel Soloveichik

April 2019

Working Paper (WP2017-9)

Measuring the "Free" Digital Economy within the GDP and Productivity Accounts (PDF)

Leonard Nakamura , Jon D. Samuels , and Rachel Soloveichik

October 2017

Working Paper (WP2016-3)

Valuing 'Free' Media in GDP: An Experimental Approach (PDF)

Leonard Nakamura , Jon D. Samuels , and Rachel Soloveichik

June 2016

Working Paper (WP2013-14)

Copyright-Protected Assets in the National Accounts (PDF)

Rachel Soloveichik and David B. Wasshausen

July 2013

Working Paper (WP2013-11)

Books as Capital Assets (PDF)

Rachel Soloveichik

June 2013

Working Paper (WP2013-8)

Music Originals as Capital Assets (PDF)

Rachel Soloveichik

June 2013

Working Paper (WP2013-10)

Miscellaneous Artwork as Capital Assets (PDF)

Rachel Soloveichik

June 2013

Working Paper (WP2013-7)

Theatrical Movies As Capital Assets (PDF)

Rachel Soloveichik

June 2013

Working Paper (WP2013-9)

Long-Lived Television Programs as Capital Assets (PDF)

Rachel Soloveichik

June 2013

Panelist on a discussion of in-house nonprofit organizations

American Accounting Association Conference

Arlington, VA 2025

Survey of Consumer Durable Lifespans: Implications for Economic Statistics

Stanford Digital Economy Laboratory Workshop

Virtual 2025

Marketing Goes Digital: Brand Building vs. Data Collection

Southern Economics Association

Washington DC 2024

Accounting for Produced Environmental Assets

IARIW 38th General Meeting

London, United Kingdon 2024

Types of Capital and Their Measurement

IARIW 38th General Meeting

London, United Kingdom 2024

Private Funding of Free Data

IARIW CIGI Conference

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 2023

Cost Savings from Sharing Across Households

Time Use Across the Life Course

College Park, Maryland 2023

Do Current National Accounting Guidelines Include Any Environmental Investments?

ESCoE Conference London

United Kingdom 2023

BEA's Digital Economy Measures

Stanford Digital Economy Laboratory Workshop

Palo Alto, CA 2023

Theoretical Inflation for Unavailable Products

American Statistical Science Association

New Orleans, Louisiana 2023

National Resource Exploration as Intangible Investment

IARIW 37th General Meeting

Luxembourg 2022

Consumer Prices During a Stay-In-Place Policy: Theoretical Prices for Unavailable Products

FESAC Conference

Virtual

Consumer Prices During a Stay-In-Place Policy: Theoretical Prices for Unavailable Products

NBER Conference on Research on Income and Wealth

Virtual

Consumer Prices During a Stay-In-Place Policy: Theoretical Prices for Unavailable Products

ESCoE Conference on Economic Measurement 2020

Virtual

Including Illegal Activity in the U.S. National Accounts

IMF Statistical Forum

Washington DC

Including Illegal Activity in the U.S. National Accounts

Society of Economic Measurement

Frankfurt

Interview: Accounting for Illegal Activities

NBER Conference 'Macroeconomic Perspectives on the Value of Health'

Cambridge MA

Interview: Accounting for Illegal Activities

OECD Expert Workshop on Data and Data Flows, London

Interview: Accounting for Illegal Activities

NIESR Podcast

London

"Free" Internet Content: Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and the Sources of Economic Growth

Allied Social Sciences Association

Philadelphia

"Free" Internet Content: Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and the Sources of Economic Growth

IARIW Conference

Copenhagen

How E-Commerce Improves the Brick and Mortar Shopping Experience: Explaining the Post-2002 Slowdown

IARIW Conference

Copenhagen

How E-Commerce Improves the Brick and Mortar Shopping Experience: Explaining the Post-2002 Slowdown

NBER Conference 'Economics of IT and Digitization'

Cambridge MA

How E-Commerce Improves the Brick and Mortar Shopping Experience: Explaining the Post-2002 Slowdown

World KLEMS Conference

Cambridge MA

Measuring the ‘Free’ Digital Economy within the GDP and Productivity Accounts

IMF Statistical Forum

Washington DC

Bartering for ‘Free’ Information: Implications for Measured GDP and Productivity

Society for Economic Measurement Conference

Cambridge MA

Interview: Challenges Posed by Free Digital Products to the Measurement of the Economy

NIESR Seminar, London

Interview: GDP and The Value of ‘Free’

NIESR Podcast

London

Bartering for ‘Free’ Information: Implications for Measured GDP and Productivity

IARIW-Bank of Korea Conference

Seoul

Allied Social Sciences Association

Chicago

IARIW Conference

Dresden

Society for Economic Measurement Conference

Thessaloniki

Allied Social Sciences Association

San Francisco

Plants and Animals as Economic Assets

Agriculture and Applied Economics Association

San Francisco

Plants and Animals as Economic Assets

IARIW Conference

Rotterdam

Society for Economic Measurement Conference

Paris

NBER Conference 'Economics of IT and Digitization'

Cambridge MA

GDP-B Advisory Board Member

Stanford Digital Economy Lab

2024

Bronze Medal Award Winner

Bureau of Economic Analysis

2024

Participant in Marketing Asset Task Team (MATT)

International Monetary Fund

2023

Member of Working Group on Health and Social Conditions

Inter Secretariat Working Group on National Accounts

2019

Gold Medal Award

Department of Commerce

2018

Steve Landefeld Award for Innovation

Bureau of Economic Analysis

2017

Bronze Medal Award

Bureau of Economic Analysis

2016

Bronze Medal Award

Bureau of Economic Analysis

2013

Education

Radio Spectra as Telecommunications Assets (PDF)

Types of Capital and Their Measurement(link is external)

Marketing, Other Intangibles, and Output Growth in 61 United States Industries(link is external)

Capitalizing Data: Case Studies of Driving Records and Vehicle Insurance Claims

Private Funding of “Free” Data: A Theoretical Framework

Marketing, Other Intangibles, and Output Growth in 61 United States Industries (PDF)

Capitalizing Data: Case Studies of Tax Forms and Individual Credit Reports (PDF)

Natural Resource Exploration as Intangible Investment (PDF)

Theoretical Inflation for Unavailable Products (PDF)

Tracking Cultivated Assets in Measures of Capital (PDF)

Tracking Marijuana in the National Accounts (PDF)

Consumer Prices During A Stay-in-Place Policy: Theoretical Inflation for Unavailable Products (PDF)

Including Illegal Activity in the U.S. National Economic Accounts (PDF)

Accounting for Improved Brick and Mortar Shopping Experiences: (PDF)

Measuring the "Free" Digital Economy within the GDP and Productivity Accounts (PDF)

Valuing 'Free' Media in GDP: An Experimental Approach (PDF)

Copyright-Protected Assets in the National Accounts (PDF)

Books as Capital Assets (PDF)

Music Originals as Capital Assets (PDF)

Miscellaneous Artwork as Capital Assets (PDF)

Theatrical Movies As Capital Assets (PDF)

Long-Lived Television Programs as Capital Assets (PDF)

Types of Capital and Their Measurement

Marketing, Other Intangibles, and Output Growth in 61 United States Industries