Measuring High Technology Trade: Contrasting International Trade Administration and Bureau of Census Methodologies and Results¹

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Abbott III, Thomas A.^a

Affiliations: [a] Graduate School of Management, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 07102, USA

Note: [1] This paper is based upon activities supported by the Economic Analysis Studies Group, National Science Foundation under contract #C29819X-00-0 and reported in “The Classification of High Technology Trade: A Comparison of International Trade Administration and Bureau of the Census Methodologies and Results”. The author gratefully acknowledges the many insights gained through discussions with Paul Herrick and Leroy Norfolk of the Foreign Trade Division, Bureau of the Census; and Robert H. McGuckin and Mark Doms of the Center for Economic Studies, Bureau of the Census. All opinions and conclusions are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Science Foundation or the Bureau of the Census.

DOI: 10.3233/JEM-1991-17102

Journal: Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 17-44, 1991