Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) is an Internet-based data service from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. WRDS provides a simple, powerful web data interface for a variety of financial research applications, plus technical support to programming in SAS, FORTRAN, or C. Financial support for WRDS is jointly provided by UT Knoxville's Haslam Business and the University Libraries.
WRDS access is limited to faculty and graduate student researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. For further information about access to WRDS at UT, contact the Haslam College of Business. To request an account visit the WRDS website.
The University of Tennessee's WRDS subscription includes access to:
| Audit Analytics | Fama French & Liquidity Factors |
| Bank Regulatory | First Call |
| Blockholders | IBES: Institutional Brokers Estimate System |
| Bureau van Dijk | IRRC: Investor Responsibility Research Center |
| CBOE Indexes | Nastraq |
| Capital IQ Transcript | PHLX |
| COMPUSTAT North America & Global | Penn World Tables |
| Corporate Library / Board Analyst |
Risk Metrics |
| CRSP: Center for Research in Security Prices | SEC Order Execution |
| DMEF Academic Data | TAQ |
| Dow Jones Averages | TRACE |
| EVENTUS | Thomson Reuters: Mutual Funds Holdings |
| FDIC: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | WRDS Insiders |