Wharton Research Data Services

The following datasets are available via the Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). Databases in WRDS provides a detailed description of particular services or databases. To gain access, please request a WRDS Account. Your account will be authorized by the Terry College of Business WRDS account manager within approximately 48 hours.

Current Subscriptions

  • Audit Analytics
  • Bank Regulatory
  • Beta Suite
  • Blockholders
  • BoardEx
  • CBOE Options
  • Compustat – Capital IQ2
  • Contributed Data
  • CRSP
  • DMEF Academic Data
  • Efficient Frontier
  • European Short Data
  • Event Study
  • Eventus
  • External Data Sources
  • Factors
  • Fama-French Portfolios and Factors
  • Federal Judicial Center
  • Federal Reserve Board Reports
  • Financial Ratios Suite
  • Historical SPDJI
  • Insiders Data
  • Intraday Indicators
  • IRI
  • ISS ESG
  • ISSM
  • Linking Queries
  • LSEG
  • LSEG IBES
  • Macro Finance Society
  • MFLINKS
  • MSCI
  • MSRB
  • Option Suite
  • OptionMetrics
  • OTC Markets
  • Pastor-Stambaugh and Other Liquidity Factors
  • Peters and Taylor Total Q
  • Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX)
  • Public Data
  • RavenPack
  • Research Quotient
  • SEC Analytics Suite
  • SEC Order Execution
  • Subsidiary Data
  • TAQ
  • Thomson / Refinitiv
  • TRACE
  • US Patents
  • Venture Capital
  • World Indices

Dewey Data Platform

Dewey is an academic research data platform for accessing data for academic research. It provides access to third-party quantitative and geospatial datasets across a variety of data categories, including behavioral economics, corporate finance, marketing, real estate, public policy, real estate, urban planning, weather, workforce management, marketing, urban planning, behavioral economics, and weather. Featured datasets include SafeGraph, Advan Research, dataplor.

For the full list of data products available at Terry and for more information regarding opening an account and accessing the data, please go to Dewey at UGA.

Thomson Reuters Guidance Datafeed

To replace the discontinued Thomson Reuters First Call Historical Database (FCHD) which is no longer available in WRDS, Terry College has purchased the Thomson Reuters Guidance Datafeed, a feed that offers quantitative (numeric) company expectations from press releases and transcripts of corporate events with First Call and I/B/E/S earnings forecasts.

To access the Thomson Reuters Guidance Datafeed, contact Terry OIT.

SDC Platinum and Other Data Services

In addition, Terry College subscribes to SDC Platinum: Global New Issues / Mergers & Acquisitions. SDC is currently upgrading from an app-based client to a web-based version. Please contact Terry OIT for assistance setting up the web-based server.

Additional Resources

Through UGA Libraries

The UGA Libraries unit also houses over 50 business and economic databases for academic research and instruction.

Through UGA EITS

The Georgia Advanced Computing Resource Center is a collaborative partnership between the Vice President for Research and the Vice President for Information Technology.

Research Support Resources