Jones College of Business IT Services
Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) Resources

Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) is the award-winning research platform and business intelligence tool for over 30,000 corporate, academic, government and nonprofit clients at over 375 institutions in 33 countries. WRDS provides users with a single location to access over 200 terabytes of data across multiple disciplines, including Accounting, Banking, Economics, Finance, ESG, and Statistics. Flexible data delivery options include a powerful web query method that reduces research time. WRDS provides access to Compustat, CRSP, and other important business research databases.
WRDS is available to all our JCoB faculty, staff and students (actively taking business classes).聽Access could be granted to others on a case-by-case basis, taking into consideration academic purpose, expected usage, and resource constraints. Any resulting presentation, publication, or outcome from the work must properly attribute the support/resources of the Jones College of Business.聽
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WRDS Account Registration Checklist
- Create your WRDS account at
- Select “Register” and enter all the required information.
- You will receive an email with further instructions.
- You can use WRDS from any computer with Internet access.
WRDS Data Sources Checklist
We currently have access to the following data sources:
- Banking Suite by WRDS
- Beta Suite by WRDS
- Blockholders
- CBOE (Chicago Board Options Exchange) Indexes
- COMPUSTAT Capital IQ Identifiers
- COMPUSTAT Bank
- COMPUSTAT North America -monthly update (current + historical data)
- COMPUSTAT Historical Segments
- Contributed Data at WRDS
- CRSP Stock Annual
- CSMAR Sample
- DMEF Academic Data
- Efficient Frontier by WRDS
- European Short Data by WRDS
- Event Study by WRDS
- External Data Sources
- FAMA French & Liquidity Factors
- Federal Reserve Board Foreign Exchange Rates, Interest Rates, State Composite Indexes
- Financial Radios Suite by WRDS
- Historical SPDJI
- Intraday Indicators by WRDS
- IRI
- Linking Queries by WRDS
- Macro Finance Society
- MSRB
- OTC Markets
- Pastor-Stambaugh and Other Liquidity Factors
- Peters and Taylor Total Q
- PHLX Philadelphia Stock Exchange Currency Options and Implied Volatility
- Public Data
- Research Quotient
- SEC Order Execution
- Subsidiary Data by WRDS
- TRACE
- US Patents by WRDS
WRDS Support FAQs
There is a well-organized forum with many support and research topics available .
If you have any questions, issues, or have specific questions about this service, please contact [email protected].
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Lab Opens
Mon, May 18th @ 7:00 AM
Scheduled Closings
Memorial Day:
Mon, May 25th
Juneteenth Holiday:
Fri, June 19th
Independence Day:
Fri, July 3rd
Close for End of Semester
Fri, Aug 7th @ 6:00 PM
