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WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services)

Learn how to access and use WRDS at NYU Libraries.

Wharton Research Data Services at NYU

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What is WRDS?

Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) is an online data platform that specializes in company financials (financial statements, audit and regulatory filings, banks, segments / industry data, compensation, intellectual property), financial markets, prices, and returns (stock prices, analyst estimates, bonds and fixed income, mutual fund / hedge fund, ETF returns, derivatives / options, REITs, currency exchange rates), ownership, mergers and acquisitions, sustainability/ESG, economics, marketing, news, and healthcare.

WRDS' strengths include:

WRDS is primarily intended for use by NYU professors and PhDs conducting academic research or teaching courses with assignments that require the analysis of WRDS data.

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