Do Multi-R&D Establishment Firms Explain Some of the Differences in R&D Expenditures Reported in BRDIS and Compustat?

Mufaddal Baxamusa

CES Technical Notes Series from Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau

Abstract: I investigate whether the differences in R&D expenditures as reported in BRDIS and Compustat can be explained by the firm having multiple R&D establishments by using the data from LBD and BRDIS to classify the firms into single R&D establishments and multi-R&D establishment firms.

Keywords: BRDIS; LBD; Compustat (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-03
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