This directory contains subdirectories with data used in

       Unmeasured Investment and the Puzzling US Boom in the 1990s
       by Ellen McGrattan and Ed Prescott


FILES              BRIEF DESCRIPTION
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./BEA              Data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis
./BLS              Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
./BOG              Data from the Board of Governors
./CPS              Data from the Current Population Survey
./FOF              Data from the Flow of Funds
./SCF              Data from the Survey of Consumer Finances
./TECH             Relevant material for the technology boom
./USHours          Data on US hours and productivity
./misc             Miscellaneous data
accounts.m         Generates revised accounts
accounts.out       Summary of averages for revised accounts
hgains.m           Holding gains for the Flow of Funds
kcheck.m           Check on capital depreciation rates
mhgain.m           Test of shift in average gains
observables.dat    File read in by Matlab codes
observsoft.dat     Alternative data file when business software is expensed
rates.dat          Alternative tax rates

Ellen McGrattan
October 2009