How does the United State Government or US companies calculate the
value of technolgy for export ? Need the actual formula.

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Clarification of Question by howardrr-ga on 17 Mar 2005 10:19 PST

The hints I have been given are as follows:
1.) Formula was dervied by a commissioned study of determining value
2.) It is very easy to overlook
3.) Pew or Cato Institute were involved in the formulas development
4.) Formula is about 8 years old
5.) It is used when an exporting company must determine offset.
Example, Germany buys $800 million in helicopters from Boeing
inexchange for $300 million in machine tooling technolgy transfer. How
is the $300million calculated.

The Formula is:
Y = Ynatural + a(P - Pexpected)

Ok I just pulled a random supply/demand formula - there is no "Formula" 
"Technology" is a very arbitrary term..... asking for the formula to
determine the value of something that is undefined is an exercise in
futility.

Do you mean how do we price our fighters for foreign export?  Or the
designs?  How about when we allowed other countries on the internet? 
Maybe you mean access for Interpol to our criminal databases?
 
What are you looking for?  Can you not see that your question is vague
to the point of being un-answerable?

The hints I have been given are as follows:
1.) Formula was dervied by a commissioned study of determining value
2.) It is very easy to overlook
3.) Pew or Cato Institute were involved in the formulas development
4.) Formula is about 8 years old
5.) It is used when an exporting company must determine offset.
Example, Germany buys $800 million in helicopters from Boeing
inexchange for $300 million in machine tooling technolgy transfer. How
is the $300million calculated.

ANSWER can be found in the publication at:
www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR979/