U.S.E. Finance Data Hub
This site is maintained by the Finance section of Utrecht University School of Economics (U.S.E.) and is primarily intended for UU students and researchers. It provides documentation and manuals for accessing and working with financial data.
UU students and staff: if you need help with data access or have questions about available resources, contact financedata.use@uu.nl
Databases¶
| Source | Description |
|---|---|
| WRDS | Wharton Research Data Services — Compustat, ExecuComp, Audit Analytics, Mergent FISD, and more |
| FactSet | FactSet account setup and access |
| LSEG Workspace | LSEG Workspace (formerly Refinitiv Eikon) |
Other Data¶
| Topic | Description |
|---|---|
| Company Information | SEC filings, annual reports, identifiers, and industry classification (Hoberg & Phillips) |
| News & Media | Nexis Uni, Structure of News, Google Trends, Wikipedia page views |
| Social Media | Twitter/X, Reddit, Meta, YouTube, GitHub data repositories |
| ESG, Climate & Sustainable Finance | Firm-level ESG ratings, climate targets, emissions data; country-level sovereign ESG and climate adaptation |
| Asset Classes | Equities & asset pricing, bonds & fixed income, commodities & futures, cryptocurrency |
| Economic & Macroeconomic Data | FRED, IMF, OECD, BIS, World Bank, country-level data, policy uncertainty indices |
| Survey Data | Household and consumer surveys (NFCS, LISS, HFCS, SCF) |
| Sentiment & Culture | Investor sentiment, cultural dimensions, values surveys |
| Python Tools & Books | Open-source Python packages and books for financial analysis |
| Data Collections | Curated data collection directories: Mark Dijkstra's finance database list, Our World in Data, and Kaggle |
| Journal Replication Packages | Harvard Dataverse collections for JFQA, RFS, RCFS, RAPS, FMA, and others |