Compustat
Database containing about 340 annual and 120 quarterly income statement, balance sheet, flow of funds and supplemental data items on about 21,000 companies. Go to WRDS to request a password and user ID.
Datastream
Call Bill Strickland at 865-5311 for a user ID and password. Contact Thomson to obtain files for downloading.
I/B/E/S
Global Summary and Individual forecast information as well as buy-sell-hold recommendations for companies globally, plus cash flow, dividend, and pre-tax profit forecasts. We have access to Academic Global and US Summary history Tapes. Go to WRDS to request a password and user ID.
IRRC Governance Data and Takeover Defense and Director Data
Wharton Research Data Services has partnered with the Investor Responsibility Research Center, Inc. (IRRC) to provide academic researchers with a comprehensive database on corporate takeover defense strategies and large array of corporate governance items. The IRRC is the world's leading source of impartial, independent research on corporate governance, proxy voting and corporate responsibility issues. To read more about the IRRC and their mission, see the IRRC web site. Go to WRDS to request a password and user ID.
NYSE Trade & Quote
The Trade and Quote (TAQ) database contains intraday transactions data (trades and quotes) for all securities listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and American Stock Exchange (AMEX), as well as Nasdaq National Market System (NMS) and SmallCap issues. Access is through WRDS.
Social Sciences Research Network
The SSRN eLibrary consists of two parts: an Abstract Database containing abstracts on over 126,000 scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers and an Electronic Paper Collection currently containing over 97,200 downloadable full text documents in Adobe Acrobat pdf format. The eLibrary also includes the research papers of a number of Fee Based Partner Publications. Each of SSRN's networks encourages the early distribution of research results by publishing Submitted abstracts and by soliciting abstracts of top quality research papers around the world. Hundreds of journals, publishers, and institutions in Partners in Publishing provide working papers for distribution through SSRN's eLibrary and abstracts for publication in SSRN's electronic journals. We have campuswide access to the Accounting Research Network (ARN), Economics Research Network (ERN), Entrepreneurship Research & Policy Network (ERPN), Financial Economics Network (FEN), Management Research Network (MRN), Marketing Research Network (MKTG), and the Negotiations Research Network (NEG). To register, click on the "free registration" text in the upper left hand corner of the home page.
SDC Academic
As the world's foremost financial transactions database, SDC Platinum™ is the source for the most thorough and accurate account of the entire global financial marketplace. Providing the most detailed information available on new issues, M&A, syndicated loans, private equity, project finance, poison pills, and more, SDC Platinum™ is the industry standard in financial transactions information. We have access to Worldwide Mergers & Aquisitions, as well as the 13-F CDA Instutional Holdings through WRDS. Thomson Client Services at 1.888.989.8373 can provide a user name and password for software downloading to one's PC.
