BEA study uses novel data to explore export methods Over the past decade, interest in the industrial organization of international trade has exploded, as new microdata sets have led to the development of heterogeneous firm trade models that link firm characteristics and export participation. economist at the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), has added to the literature with a recent paper that...

gies affect the quality of Much of the previous work The results indicate that the treatment and individual welfare examining innovation in the quality-adjusted price of antiis essential. Many economists health care sector relied on ag­ cholesterol drugs has fallen conwould agree that new technolo­ gregate data. However, Dunn’s siderably since 1996. The impact gies lead to higher expenditures p...

BEA Participates in Panel This paper develops a tech-engineering, and production de-on Semiconductors nique that can be used to appor­ cisions. The paper estimates the At the Allied Social Sciences As­ tion improvements in an index underlying demand and (1) sociation meeting in January, of quality-adjusted price be-quantitatively compares Intel's BEA Chief Economist Ana tween changes in nominal...

Price indexes for Medicare the Medicare Advantage pro-not attach a diagnosis separately Advantage enrollees gram, private insurance plans to each claim or event but in-The measurement of inflation contract with Medicare to pro-stead only requires diagnosis and output in the economically vide health insurance to Medi­ and spending data at an annual critical health care sector is of vi-care benef...

BEA study derives industry R&D productivity. The chal­ industry level. Not surprisingly, R&D price indexes lenge is to identify the growth the use of a common deflator for Research and development rate of this R&D productivity R&D investment implies more (R&D) and other intangibles are using data available on an ongo­ rapid R&D investment growth widely understood to make sig­ ing basis. for ind...

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High fossil fuel prices have rekindled interest in nuclear power. This paper identifies specific nuclear characteristics making it unattractive to merchant generators in liberalized electricity markets, and argues that non-fossil fuel technologies have an overlooked ‘option value’ given fuel and carbon price uncertainty. Stochastic optimization estimates the company option value of keeping open...