Crosswalk between BEA Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States (Form BE-15) 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 Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States (Form BE-15).

Detailed Methodology

Sample

Firms included in the BE-15 survey data and BR that were matched

Method of data collection

Other - Constructed Data

Frequency of data collection

Other - Annually except in benchmark years

Reference date

Other - Fiscal year that ended in the calendar year of the survey for BE-15 and Last Year/Last 12 months for BR

Data collection notes

Survey is not collected in benchmark years. Similar crosswalk files between the BE-12 and the business register exists in benchmark years. Can also use for Quarterly Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States (Form BE-605) and Survey of New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States (Form BE-13).

Number of cases

Varies by year