Research Databases

7-Chord (via Dewey Data)
Real-time predictive pricing metrics for fixed income assets.
Years Available: 2012 – present.
Region: Global.
Top Liquid Bond Prices and Liquidity Indicators – Professional grade feed of intraday bid-ask prices, spreads, and liquidity indicators for the most liquid USD-denominated High Grade, High Yield, and EM Sovereign bonds, enriched with market consensus T-benchmarks and essential bond and issuer information.
Bond Yield Curves – Issuer-level credit spread and hazard rate curves. This daily snapshot covers 4,000+ global corporate and sovereign issuers.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Dewey Data. WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

Advan Research (via Dewey Data)
Aggregated foot traffic and mobility data for the United States and Canada.
Years Available: 2019 – present
Weekly and Monthly Patterns – Aggregated raw counts of visits to POIs from a panel of mobile devices over a given month or week, detailing how often people visit, how long they stay, where they came from, where else they go, and more.
Neighborhood Patterns – Footfall data aggregated by census block group (CBG) in the US and dissemination area (DA) in Canada over the course of a month, showing how the population moves between different areas in terms of both volume and frequency.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Dewey Data. WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

ATTOM Data (via Dewey Data)
ATTOM has built a national data warehouse that encompasses more than 155 million residential and commercial properties, multi-sourced from more than 3,000 U.S. counties.
With more than 70 billion rows of transactional-level data and ~9,000 discrete data attributes, powering real estate transparency for innovators across various industries, providing actionable real estate data and analytics.
Regions Available: US
Years Available: Varies by dataset
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Dewey Data. WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

Audit Analytics (Ives Group via WRDS)
Audit Analytics provides detailed research on over 150,000 active audits and more than 10,000 accounting firms. Subscription includes Audit and Compliance, Corporate and Legal, and Other Independent Audits (broker-dealer FOCUS reports) from Ives Group via WRDS.
Content: See our Audit Analytics page for full content and data description.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

Bank Regulatory (FDIC & FRB Chicago via WRDS)
Contains databases for regulated depository financial institutions (Commercial Banks, Bank Holding Companies, FDIC/OTS Deposits, and Merger Information).
Content: See our Bank Regulatory page for full content and data description.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

Beta Suite by WRDS (WRDS)
Beta Suite is a powerful web based tool allowing researchers to calculate stocks’ loading on various risk factors in a timely way. The tool is designed with flexibly in mind, capable of handling monthly, weekly and daily rolling regression on common set of market risk factors.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

Blockholders (WRDS)
This data set contains standardized data for blockholders of 1,913 companies. The data was cleaned from biases and mistakes usually observed in the standard source for this particular type of data. Blockholders’ data is reported by firm for the period 1996-2001.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

Bloomberg Professional (In-Library Use Only)
Financial information, data, pricing and analyst reports for all publicly traded companies. Dealer quotes and data for all securities. Key global securities markets including equities, money markets, currencies, municipal, corporate/Euro/sovereign bonds, commodities, mortgage-backed securities, derivative products and governments. Analytic tools for researching and tracking market sectors as well as individual securities. Bloomberg Business News provides up-to-the-minute as well as archived news online.
User Guide: Please see our Using Bloomberg Professional page for information on Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC) self-paced training.
Access: Bloomberg Professional is installed on three dual-monitor computers in the Business Library. Available on-campus only.

BP Environmental Services (via Dewey Data)
Construction site activity data
Region: United States & Canada
BP Ticket, Roll-off – Tracks the movement of open-top construction dumpsters holding construction and demolition debris.
BP Ticket, Works – Tracks machinery rentals such as lifts, booms, lulls and other equipment used in general construction and residential/commercial roofing.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Dewey Data. WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

BrightQuery (via Dewey Data)
Private and public company financial data
Years Available: 2018 – present
Region: United States
Company Formation – Monthly counts of new filings for legal entities by state.
Aggregated Private Company Information – Statistical aggregations by geography and industry. Firmographics, core financials, employment and payroll, etc.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Dewey Data. WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

Builty (via Dewey Data)
Building permit data
Region: United States
Years Available: 2010 – present
Permit Data – Structured building permit data for over 20,00 local jurisdictions across the United States. Covers 70% of the top 30 MSAs.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Dewey Data. WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

Capology (via Dewey Data)
Football (soccer) salary and club financial data
Years Available: 2013 – present
Salary Data – Year-over-year salary data for the 1st and 2nd divisions for the 5 biggest football (soccer) leagues (England, Italy, Spain, Germany, and France).
MLS Salary Data – Published by the MLS Players Association, this salary data goes back to 2007,
Club Financials – Club financial data for the same 5 international football leagues starting in 2013.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Dewey Data. WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

CBOE Indexes (WRDS)
The CBOE (Chicago Board Options Exchange) Volatility Index® (VIX®) is a key measure of market expectations of near-term volatility conveyed by S&P 500 stock index option prices. The VIX was introduced in 1993 by Professor Robert E. Whaley of Duke University. The New VIX is based on S&P 500 index option prices and incorporates information from the volatility “skew” by using a wider range of strike prices rather than just at-the-money series.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

ClimateCheck (via Dewey Data)
Climate risk data
Region: United States
ZIP-level climate risk data – Current and modeled heat, precipitation, drought, flooding, and fire risk data for over 33,000 zip codes in the United States.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Dewey Data. WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

Compustat (S&P via WRDS)
Subscription includes Monthly Updates (North America, Bank, Historical Segments, Snapshot), Quarterly Updates (ExecuComp), Other Compustat (North America – Annual Updates, Marginal Tax Rates), Legacy Compustat (Legacy – North America FTP), and Tools. For most companies, annual history is available back to 1950 and quarterly history back to 1962 with monthly market history back to 1962. In WRDS, hover your mouse over the date fields in the query forms for min/max dates available.
Content: See our Compustat page for full content and data description.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

ConsumerEdge (via Dewey Data)
Consumer spending behavior and market intelligence data
Years Available: 2018 – present
Region: United States
Consumer Transaction Data – Aggregated transaction data from over 100 million credit and debit cards, including 35 million with activity in the past 12 months and 14 million monthly active users. Tracks online, offline, and third-party spending across both public and private companies. Company Coverage – Spending data linked to 800+ parent companies, with 80+ metrics for same-store sales performance.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Dewey Data. WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

Context Analytics (via Dewey Data)
Social sentiment data from Twitter on thousands of US securities.
Years Available: 2011 – present
Normalized Social Sentiment Metrics – Aggregated tweet and social sentiment data with a comparison to the security’s own baseline to deliver 15 sentiment- and Tweet volume-based metrics.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Dewey Data. WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

Corporate Restructurings – Bankruptcies (Thomson Reuters via SDC Platinum)
Subscription includes the Full Detail database and the Limited Detail database. The Full Detail database (1988-present, updated monthly) provides over 200 items on all U.S. public companies that have $10 million or more in assets and have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection or companies with assets over $50 million that have had a default or an exchange offer at a substantial discount to face value. The Limited Detail database (1980-1988, not updated) covers all U.S. public companies with assets of $1 million or more that have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Access: Wisconsin School of Business faculty can have the software loaded onto their desktop. Contact Michael Enyart, Director of the Business Library, regarding this resource.

CRSP: Center for Research in Security Prices (Chicago Booth via WRDS)
The Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP) maintains the most comprehensive collection of security price, return, and volume data for the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ stock markets. Additional CRSP files provide stock indices, beta-based and cap-based portfolios, treasury bond and risk-free rates, mutual funds, and real estate data.
Content: See our CRSP page for full content and data description.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

CustomWeather (via Dewey Data)
Detailed weather data from 2000+ weather stations.
Region: United States
Years Available: 2000 – present
Daily Weather – A daily feed of climate data, including temperature, humidity, precipitation, windspeed, dew point, visibility, and sea level pressure.
Hourly Weather – An hourly feed of climate data, temperature, humidity, precipitation, windspeed, dew point, visibility, and sea level pressure.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Dewey Data. WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

dataplor (via Dewey Data)
Global points of interest (POIs) and GIS data.
Years Available: Regular monthly updates
Region: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, UK, & United States.
Global Points of Interest – Discover business information such as location, category, dwell time, and open/close hours.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Dewey Data. WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

Datastream Professional (Thomson Reuters)
Integrates economic research and strategy with asset analysis in one integrated application. The Datastream platform provides a huge range of global financial data (real time and historical), Thomson Reuters content, Reuters News, and powerful charting applications.
Content: See our Datastream Professional page for full content and data description.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

Directory of Resources for Researchers (UW-Madison)
This Directory contains searchable information — provided by resource owners and service providers — about broadly shared UW-Madison resources and services that support research in the sciences, arts, and humanities. The Directory launched in June 2017 with a partial inventory. Resources and services are added and updated frequently. The Directory is managed by the Office of Campus Research Cores in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education.

DMEF Academic Data: Direct Marketing Educational Foundation (WRDS)
Four individual data sets, each containing customer buying history for about 100,000 customers of nationally known catalog and non-profit database marketing businesses are available through DMEF to approved academic researchers for use within academic situations. Corporate names are anonymous and customer names and addresses have been removed, but the business type is indicated. ZIP codes have been retained (if possible) to provide a potential link to Census ZIP level demographics.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

Dow Jones Averages & Total Return Indexes (WRDS)
The Dow Jones Averages are comprised of The Daily and Monthly Dow Jones Composite (DJA), The Dow Jones Industrial (DJI), The Dow Jones Transportation (DJT), The Dow Jones Utility (DJU), the Dow 10, and The Dow 5. The Dow Jones Total Return Indexes are introduced by Dow Jones Indexes as part of the Dow Jones Total Market Index Series. The Total Return Indexes account for reinvested dividends. Data for the Total Return Indexes is available after 1987.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

Efficient Frontier by WRDS (WRDS)
Select portfolio composition and calculate corresponding Efficient Frontier, Optimal Complete Portfolio, Optimal Risky Portfolio, etc.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

Event Study by WRDS (WRDS)
The event studies are used to analyze the market reaction to firm specific and market-wide events using either returns or volume around the time when event occurred. Some examples include earnings announcements, M&As, new capital issues, and announcements of macroeconomic variables such as unemployment or trade deficit. Event studies are also used to measure the impact on the value of a firm resulting from a change in the regulatory environment or to assess the damages. In most applications, the focus is on the effect of event on the price of a particular class of firm securities, primarily common equity. WRDS Event Study allows running event studies on equities, plots charts on Mean Cumulative Returns with significance intervals, and also outputs data used behind the scenes. Forthcoming studies include: Daily Event Studies based on Capital IQ Key Development events; Intra Day Second-by-Second Event Studies based on TAQ data; International Event Studies; and Long-Run Event Studies.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

Eventus (Cowan Research via WRDS)
Eventus performs event studies using data read directly from CRSP stock databases or pre-extracted from any source. The Eventus system includes utility programs to convert calendar dates to CRSP trading day numbers, convert CUSIP identifiers to CRSP permanent identification numbers, and extract event study cumulative or compounded abnormal returns for cross-sectional analysis. From Cowan Research via WRDS.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

Exchange Data International (via Dewey Data)
Global financial and exchange data
Region: Global
Global FX Rates – Accurate foreign exchange rate data in 168 currencies.
Global Equity End of Day Pricing – Daily end-of-day pricing day for over 170 exchanges worldwide.
Global Equity Corporate Actions Data – Documents that combine all the data elements within a typical corporate actions data feed into a human-readable feed, similar to a news feed.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Dewey Data. WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

FactSet (WRDS)
Subscription includes FactSet Fundamentals (North America: US and Canada and International: Non-US and Canada), FactSet Ownership (LionShares), Information, and Tools.
Content: See our FactSet page for full content and data description.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

Fama-French Portfolios & Liquidity Factors (WRDS)
Includes Fama-French Factors and Research Portfolios, Pastor-Stambaugh Liquidity series, and the Sadka Liquidity measures.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

Federal Reserve Bank Reports (WRDS)
The Federal Reserve Bank Reports in WRDS contain three databases collected from Federal Reserve Banks: Foreign Exchange Rates and Interest Rates come from Reports published from the Federal Reserve Board; State Composite Indexes comes from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

Financial Ratios Suite by WRDS (WRDS)
WRDS Financial Ratio is a latest addition to the WRDS analytics platform. It’s a web based engine that delivers over 70 pre-calculated financial ratios for all U.S. companies across eight different categories (Valuation, Liquidity, Profitability, and etc). Researchers can easily obtain both firm-level and industry-level ratios through point-and-click on the web query. This product can be used by researchers as a convenient tool to obtain firm-level and/or industry-level ratios as characteristics for controls in empirical research.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

Global New Issues (LSEG via Workspace)
New Issues databases provide authoritative coverage of global equity issues, Eurobonds, U.S. Private Placements, and more — giving you the same critical information used by leading investment banks and top financial publications. The New Issues databases cover more than 290,000 transactions and include coverage as far back as 1970. These databases include data highlights such as issuer profiles, managers and fees, offering terms, financial data, and shares offered.
Access: Wisconsin School of Business faculty and doctoral students can have access this resource from their computer.  Contact Michael Enyart, Director of the Business Library, regarding this resource.

Global Wireless Solutions (via Dewey Data)
Mobile app engagement data
Region: United States and UK
Years: US data January 2019 – June 2024; UK data October 2022-August 2024
US Mobile App Engagement – Critical insights into smartphone engagement from a panel of opted-in mobile consumers.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Dewey Data. WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

GSI Online: IPO Demo (Thomson Reuters via WRDS)
Thomson Reuters (formerly GSI Online) is an award-winning specialty provider of public-record business transaction information to law and accounting firms, investment banks, corporations and the business press. Subscription includes the IPO Demo which covers Registrations and Prospectus.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

I/B/E/S Academic (Thomson Reuters via WRDS)
The Institutional Brokers Estimates System (IBES) provides consensus and detail forecasts from security analysts, including earnings per share, revenue, cash flow, long-term growth projections and stock recommendations. In WRDS, hover your mouse over the date fields in the query forms for min/max dates available.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

Infogroup (WRDS)
Infogroup gathers geographic location-related business and residential data from various public data sources, such as local yellow pages, credit card billing data, etc. Subscription includes the Historical Business (Academic version) database which starts in 1997 and largely focuses on US sectors. The Historical Business data is a calendar year-end snapshot of local business data. It contains business identification, location, industry, corporation hierarchy, employment, sales, and other fields.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

Intraday Indicators by WRDS (WRDS)
The WRDS Intraday Database contains daily stock market indicators obtained from NYSE TAQ data. At daily frequency, it provides, per stock, variables such as: Volume (before opening, during trading hours and after closing), Returns during market hours, Lee-Ready buy/sell trade volume, Variance ratios, Lambda (price impact coefficient), Spreads, Intraday volatility, Value weighted average price, etc. The objective is to facilitate research by overcoming extensive programming time and user’s computational limitations on calculating these indicators using complex TAQ data. Another advantage is the ability to use many of these variables as “right-hand-side” variables. It requires license to NYSE TAQ data. Data begins in 1993.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

IPInfo (via Dewey Data)
Global IP address information
Region: Global
IP Geolocation – Geolocation information such as city, region/state, country, postal code, and coordinates of identified IP addresses.
IP to Company – Company database provides firmographic data such as the name of the company, domain, company type, country, and AS level data
WHOIS – Domain ownership, point of contact, organization, and network information for IP addresses
Privacy Detection – Provides data on IP addresses that are associated with VPN, Tor, proxies, relays, etc.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Dewey Data. WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

ISSM: The Institute for the Study of Security Markets (WRDS)
The Institute for the Study of Security Markets (ISSM) database contains tick-by-tick data covering the NYSE and AMEX between 1983 and 1992, and NASDAQ between 1987 and 1992. Each year of data is divided into two files, one for trades and one for quotes.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

Linking Suite by WRDS (WRDS)
The WRDS Linking Suite allows our users to easily download link table between various heavily used databases on WRDS platform: Bond CRSP Link allows users to directly link fixed income data at the individual bond level to the equity data from the CRSP database, and IBES CRSP Link provides the historical matching of IBES TICKER with CRSP PERMNO. Coming soon: TAQ CRSP Link provides the link between TAQ SYMBOL and CRSP PERMNO, and Option Metrics CRSP Link provides the link between OptionMetrics SECID and CRSP PERMNO.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

Mergers & Acquisitions (LSEG via Workspace)
All corporate transactions involving at least 5% of the ownership of a company where the transaction was valued at $1 million or more (after 1992, deals of any value are covered) or where the value of the transaction was undisclosed. Public and private transactions are covered. Date coverage is from 1979 to present domestically and 1985 to present internationally.
Access: Wisconsin School of Business faculty and doctoral students can have access this resource from their computer.  Contact Michael Enyart, Director of the Business Library, regarding this resource.

MFLINKS: Mutual Fund Links (WRDS)
The MFLINKS tables provide a reliable means to join CRSP Mutual Fund (MFDB) data that covers mutual fund performance, expenses, and related information to equity holdings data in the TFN/CDA S12 datasets. Using MFLINKS allows a researcher to gather detail on holdings for either particular funds or fund families and groups of funds at specific points in time.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

MSRB: Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (WRDS)
As the primary regulator of the $3.7 trillion municipal security market, the MSRB collects and makes publicly available through its Electronic Municipal Market Access (EMMA). The trades represent transactions by investors and dealers in the over-the-counter market for municipal securities issued by municipal entities, including states, counties, cities and special tax districts.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

NAIC InfoPro (National Association of Insurance Commissioners)
Annual statement data from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) is accessible on the Wisconsin School of Business server on the “graingerrsh4” drive. Available years include Property/Casualty (1991-1994 and 1997-2020) and Life/Accident & Health (1992-2015).
User Guide: Please see our NAIC Directions document for instructions on using this data.
Access: Contact Peggy Smith, Reference and Data Librarian, regarding this resource.

OpenBrand (via Dewey Data)
Online survey data in the United States
Years: 2012-2022
10 years’ (40 quarters) of online survey data in the United States. Unaided product and outlet capture allows read of much smaller brands and retailers of durables. Data in this file is for years 2012-2022. Primary, quantitative survey data allows collection of comprehensive KPIs not available through POS data, receipt data, or other sources.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Dewey Data. WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

OTC Markets (WRDS)
Access the most comprehensive, timely and accurate data available on the 10K securities that trade on the OTCQX, OTCQB and OTC Pink Marketplaces.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

pass-by (via Dewey Data)
Branded consumer foot traffic insights in the US
Years: Five years historical data
Retail Store Visits – Foot traffic data for specific POIs, including weekly, daily, and hourly breakdowns of aggregated and anonymized visitor volume.
Retail Store Visitors – Anonymized and aggregated visitor characteristic data for specific POIs, including date range, educational attainment, income, other brands visited, and more.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Dewey Data. WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

PDI Technologies (formerly Skupos) (via Dewey Data)
SKU-level transaction data for US convenience stores.
Years: 2019 – present
Region: United States
Convenience Store Transaction Data – Detailed SKU-level data from convenience stores, including basket details, payment info, loyalty programs, and more.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Dewey Data. WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

Penn World Tables (WRDS)
The Penn World Tables provides national income accounts-type of variables converted to international prices. The homogenization of national accounts to a common numeraire allows valid comparisons of income among countries. Data comes from Alan Heston, Robert Summers and Bettina Aten, Penn World Table Version 6.1, Center for International Comparisons at the University of Pennsylvania, October 2002 (CICUP).
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

People Data Labs (via Dewey Data)
Global company profile data.
Years: 2010 – present
Region: Global
Company Insights – Premium company profile data including employee tenure, top company metro areas, employee growth and churn, and executive leadership changes.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Dewey Data. WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

Peters and Taylor Total Q (WRDS)
Extract data on firms’ “Total q” ratio and the replacement cost of firms’ intangible capital. Researchers must currently have access to Compustat. Total q = improved Tobin’s q proxy that includes intangible capital in the denominator. Compustat firms, 1950 – 2015
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

PHLX: United Currency Options Market (UCOM) (WRDS)
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange’s United Currency Options Market (UCOM) offers choice of expiration date, strike (exercise) price, premium payment and any combination of 10 currencies currently available for a total of 100 possible currency pairs.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

Public Data (WRDS)
Public data on WRDS comes from a variety of sources in the public domain. WRDS converts the data into a consistent format and updates it on a regular basis. The databases are organized into content areas. Our growing collection currently includes: NYC Yellow Taxi Trips, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Healthcare.
Content: See our Public Data page for full content and data description.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

RateWatch
RateWatch Scholar Dataset includes deposit interest rate data for retail and business products from 2001 to May 2020. It has data on over 7500 financial institutions (including banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations, and others) in the U.S.
Access: Available to Wisconsin School of Business faculty and graduate students.

Research Quotient (WRDS)
Analyze and measure the effectiveness of a firm’s R&D. Free to Academic institutions with current subscription to S&P Capital IQ Compustat. What is RQ? Research Quotient = percentage increase in revenue from a 1% increase in R&D. RQ is the output elasticity of R&D. RQ offers a universal, uniform, and reliable measure of a firm’s R&D productivity.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

SAS Visual Analytics (WRDS)
SAS Visual Analytics provides a complete platform for analytics visualization, enabling you to identify patterns and relationships in data that weren’t initially evident. Interactive, self-service business intelligence and reporting capabilities are combined with out-of-the-box advanced analytics so everyone can discover insights from any size and type of data, including text.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

S&P Capital IQ
The S&P Capital IQ platform combines deep global company information, credit ratings and research, and market research with powerful tools for risk assessments. The web and Excel-based platform provides easy access to both real-time and historical information on companies, markets, transactions, and people worldwide.
Content: See our S&P Capital IQ page for full content and data description.
Access: Access: Available to anyone on-campus. Available off campus for UW-Madison students, faculty and staff only.

SEC Order Execution (WRDS)
On November 15, 2000, the SEC adopted new rules aimed at improving public disclosure of order execution and routing practices. As a result of Rule 11Ac1-5, market centers that trade national market system securities must make monthly, electronic disclosures of basic information concerning their quality of executions on a stock-by-stock basis. Data is available on WRDS through 2005, and is no longer updated.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

TRACE: Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (FINRA via WRDS)
TRACE is the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s (FINRA) over-the-counter (OTC) corporate bond market real-time price dissemination service. TRACE consolidates transaction data for all eligible corporate bonds – investment grade, high yield and convertible debt. As a result, individual investors and market professionals can access information on 100 percent of OTC activity representing over 99 percent of total U.S. corporate bond market activity in over 30,000 securities.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.

Worldscope Fundamentals (Refinitiv)
Contains detailed financial statement data and profile data on public companies globally. Using primary source documents and news clippings, Worldscope data analysts extract the data to global templates that are specific to industry groups.
Access: The Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) provides access to this resource through Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS). WSB faculty and graduate students may request accounts by selecting the Register tab on the Sign In panel. WSB faculty may also request class access for undergraduates. Registration requires a UW-Madison email address, and account information will be sent to you in about 48 hours.