A new architecture for the U.S. national accounts

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Studies in income and wealth ; v. 66

Proceedings of the Conference on New Architecture for the U.S. National Accounts, held April 16-17, 2004 in Washington, D.C

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

"National Bureau of Economic Research, Conference on Research in Income and Wealth"--Ser. t.p

Blueprint for expanded and integrated U.S. accounts: review, assessment, and next steps / Dale W. Jorgenson, J. Steven LandefeldThe architecture of the system of national accounts: a three-way international comparison of Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdon / Karen Wilson -- Principles of national accounting for nonmarket accounts / William D. Nordhaus -- A framework for nonmarket accounting / Katharine G. Abraham, Christopher Mackie -- The "architecture" of capital accounting: basic design principles / Charles R. Hulten -- Integrating industry and national economic accounts: first steps and future improvements / Ann M. Lawson, Brian C. Moyer, Sumiye Okubo, Mark A. Planting -- Aggregation issues in integrating and accelerating the BEA's accounts: improved methods for calculating GDP by industry / Brian C. Moyer, Marshall B. Reinsdorf, Robert E. Yuskavage. Comment by W. Erwin Diewert -- Integrating expenditure and income data: what to do with the statistical discrepancy? J. Joseph Beaulieu, Eric J. Bartelsman -- An integrated BEA/BLS production account: a first step and theoretical considerations / Barbara M. Fraumeni, Michael J. Harper, Susan G. Powers, Robert E. Yuskavage. Comment by Carol Corrado -- The integration of the Canadian productivity accounts within the system of national accounts: current status and challenges ahead / John R. Baldwin, Tarek M. Harchaoui -- Integrated macroeconomic accounts for the United States: draft SNA-USA / Albert M. Teplin, Rochelle Antoniewicz, Susan Hume McIntosh, Michael G. Palumbo, Genevieve Solomon, Charles Ian Mead, Karin Moses, Brent Moulton -- Micro and macro data integration: the case of capital / Randy A. Becker, John Haltiwanger, Ron S. Jarmin, Shawn D. Klimek, Daniel J. Wilson -- Panel remarks / Thomas L. Mesenbourg, Kathleen P. Utgoff, Larry Slifman, Katharine G. Abraham, J. Steven Landefeld.

Contents; Prefatory Note; Introduction; 1. Blueprint for Expanded and IntegratedU.S. Accounts; 2. The Architecture of the System of NationalAccounts; 3. Principles of National Accounting forNonmarket Accounts; 4. A Framework for Nonmarket Accounting; 5. The "Architecture" of Capital Accounting; 6. Integrating Industry and National EconomicAccounts; 7. Aggregation Issues in Integrating and Acceleratingthe BEA's Accounts; 8. Integrating Expenditure and Income Data; 9. An Integrated BEA/BLS Production Account

10. The Integration of the Canadian ProductivityAccounts within the System of National Accounts11. Integrated Macroeconomic Accounts for theUnited States; 12. Micro and Macro Data Integration; Panel Remarks; Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index

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