Innovation Account

• Survey of Current Business: Toward Better Measurement of Innovation and Intangibles | January 2009 (PDF • 340 KB)
• Innovation Measurement: Tracking the State of Innovation in the American Economy (PDF • 287 KB) | From the Advisory Committee on Measuring Innovation in the 21st Century Economy

Research and Development Satellite Account

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

• Measurement Issues and the R&D Satellite Account Methodology

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