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CORPORATE FINANCE RESEARCH DATA SOURCES

The International Center for Finance subscribes to a wealth of corporate finance data that is available to researchers. Please also check the list of comprehensive databases such as WRDS, CRSP, Compustat, Datastream and Ibbotson Associates.


I/B/E/S (via WRDS)
I/B/E/S provide both Global Summary and Individual company forecast information as well as buy-sell-hold recommendations for companies globally, plus cash flow, dividend, and pre-tax profit forecasts. Available remotely via WRDS.

Thomson Financial Securities Data (TFSD) (via WRDS)
Thomson Financial Securities Data (TFSD) was created in 1999 by the joining of The Investext Group, Securities Data Company and CDA/Spectrum. For years each of these companies have been leading the industry in providing critical financial information necessary to make strategic business decisions. Available remotely via WRDS.

Securities Data Corporation (SDC)
SDC is a leading provider of mergers & acquisitions data, new issues data, and basic security information. The ICF is currently subscribed to the New Issues database, and the Domestic and International Mergers and Acquisitions. Please contact William Goetzmann for the software needed for installation and the passwords required for access.

S&P NetAdvantage
A comprehensive database that includes the full text of the following S& P publications and more: 1. Register of Corporations: contains private and public company information searchable by location, industry, executives, etc. 2. Statistical sources such as: Bond Guide; Dividend Record; Stock Guide, etc. 3. Industry Surveys; The Outlook; Stock Reports etc. Access restricted by IP address to Yale domain.

OneSource Business Browser
Onesource delivers company and industry information and analysis on hundreds of industries and thousands of public and private companies. Onesource integrates all of the core business information users rely on -- news stories, corporate overviews, financial data, research reports, executive biographies, and more -- from top of category data providers, into a single source. Access restricted to SOM student, staff, or faculty member.

Reuters Business Insights
Reuters Business Insights (RBI) is the name of a series of management reports which are produced in association with Datamonitor, a leading international market research company with a reputation for independent analysis of market and industrial sectors. Access restricted by IP address to Yale domain.

Hoovers
Includes free and subscriber-only information about 12,000 companies, 2,700 in-depth reports; custom searches; stock screening; information about IPOs, cyberstocks, industry snapshots and employment information. The company provides proprietary online business information through the Internet, wireless devices, and co-branding agreements with more than 30 other online services. Access restricted by IP address to Yale domain.

Investext Plus
Include brokerage reports, earnings call transcripts, and other useful data on U.S.-traded equities. Access restricted by IP address to Yale domain.

Stern Stewart EVA 1000
Stern Stewart publishes a spreadsheet version of the U.S. 1000 largest publicly traded companies, which includes 20 years of historical data and industry averages. This data is audited to appropriately calculate MVA, EVA, NOPAT, Capital, Return on Capital and Cost of Capital. In addition to the spreadsheet format, Stern Stewart can make available verification reports which provide a breakdown of these calculations with detailed income statement, balance sheet and off-balance sheet account reference. This database was purchased by Shyam Sunder, Oren Fuerst, and Sok-Hyon Kang. Potentially available to interested researchers depending upon the purchase agreement.

FDIC Data (via WRDS)
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) database contains financial data and history of all entities filing the Report Of Condition and Income (Call Report) and some savings institutions filing the OTS Thrift Financial Report (TFR). These entities include Commercial banks, savings banks, or savings and loans (The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Database p.1). FDIC files include structure data, financial time series data, complex derived integers data, ratio data, and merger history data. Available remotely via WRDS.

FDIC Data, 1920-1936
Data on banks, bank deposits, and bank failures by county, annually, 1920-1936 are contained in this dataset. 133,000 card-image equivalents. Available at all StatLab locations.

BEA Industry Stock Capital Data Tape
Capital stocks and related measures, 1925- 2004; Capital stocks and related measures, by industry, 1947-2004 Investment, fixed nonresidential private capital, by type of equipment and structures and legal form of organization, 1832-2004; Investment, fixed nonresidential private capital, by industry, 1947-2004 Investment, residential capital, 1820-2004; Investment, durable goods owned by consumers, 1895-2004; Investment, government-owned, privately operated, 1917-2004; and Investment, government enterprises and government total, 1850-2004. Data are annual as of the end of 1986. Estimates in constant dollars are in millions of 1982 dollars. Available at all StatLab locations.

Associations Unlimited
Associations Unlimited covers the following: U.S. national associations (23,000); International associations (21,000) ; U.S. regional, state, and local associations (100,000); Associations' Materials for selected national associations (2,500) ; IRS Data on U.S. 501(c) nonprofit organizations, agencies, and service programs (300,000). Access restricted by IP address to Yale domain.

RUSCORP
The RUSCORP database is a body of machine-readable information illuminating the rise of capitalist institutions in tsarist Russia. Specifically, it presents profiles of all for-profit corporations founded in the Russian Empire (except in the Grand Duchy of Finland) from the time of Peter the Great to the eve of World War I. RUSCORP describes the initial state of these companies at the time of their incorporation as well as their condition in 1847, 1869, 1874, 1892, 1905, and 1914. Major items covered by the data include the amount of basic capital, the number and price of shares, the location of headquarters and main operations, industrial classifications of major economic functions, the citizenship, ethnicity, sex, and social status of founders and managers, and tsarist restrictions regarding the ethnicity or citizenship of stockholders, management, and other key employees. The database also contains profiles of all foreign corporations operating in the Russian Empire in 1914. Available at all StatLab locations.


 
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