Crosswalk between BEA Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States (Form BE-12) to Census Business Register

Description

These crosswalk files identify foreign multinational firms surveyed by the Bureau of Economic Analysis in the Census Bureau's Business Register (BR). In particular these files identify foreign multinational firms from BEA's Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States (Form BE-12).

Data Access

Where to apply

https://www.census.gov/about/adrm/fsrdc.html

Fees

Possible seat fee dependent on consortium membership. URL for more information: https://www.census.gov/about/adrm/fsrdc/about/fsrdc-network-fees.html

Access modality

FSRDC

Usage restrictions

Census Bureau restricted-use data must be used for statistical purposes and cannot be used for purposes of enforcing laws or regulations or for profit. The BEA data cannot be used for purposes of taxation, investigation, or regulation. Also, cannot be combined with external data that would result in a dataset that the survey respondent could not have reasonably expected to be created and that could cause economic harm to the survey respondents.

Public Use File available

Geography differs from restricted-use file (RUF)

Variable detail differs from Restricted Use File (RUF)

Additional information about restricted dataset

For more information , see the link for "Crosswalks Involving BEA Microdata" at https://www.bea.gov/research/special-sworn-researcher-program Also see "Multinational Firms in the U.S. Economy: Insights from Newly Integrated Microdata" at https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/2022/adrm/CES-WP-22-39.html