INTRODUCTION: Academic research in business and economics is based largely on statistical (econometric) analysis of research data. A number of sources for data are available to researchers. This page gives a list of the databases and other data sources available to researchers at the School of Business. To see a list of available statistical programs for econometric analysis, see link on the side.
Datastream: Provides a wide variety of economical and financial time series. Access through a program. Installed in computer lab 7334 (PCs marked with a sticker).
More information can be found from the following guide. See also HSE's guidelines and material available here (from University of California).
Thomson Banker One: Provides financial statement data, analysts' estimate etc. for publicly listed companies. Accessible through the internet.
More information can be found from the following guide. See also HSE's guidelines.
Thomson SDC Platinum Joint Ventures and Alliances database: Provides information on joint ventures and other alliances across the world. See here for more information.
Contact Jani Lindqvist for more information.
I/B/E/S: Analysts' earnings expectations. Available through Datastream. For more information, see here.
HEX/OMX: Helsinki Stock market data. Available partly from Datastream and also from the intranet server \\files-kati\kati\Rahoitus. Guide available from Blackboard/WebCT (finance majors only area). Contact Juha Soininen in case of access problems.
Interest rates: Historic Helibor interest rate series data available from Datastream (remember to active "dead" series) and the intranet server (here). Guide available from Blackboard/WebCT (finance majors only area). Other rates available from Datastream.
ETLA and Etla's financial information for Top 600 companies in Finland: Economical time series from Finland and abroad. Accessible through the internet. Guide available from the intranet server \\files-kati\kati\Rahoitus. Contact Juha Soininen.
Financial statements available for the largest 600 companies. Available from the intranet server \\files-kati\kati\Rahoitus. Contact Juha Soininen.
Financial Statements of Finnish companies and Finnish fund price data:
Available from our intranet server (here).
Paperloop database: Paper industry information database. For more information, contact Suvi Välikauppi from TBRC / Game Global.
Economic time series from the USA: FRED® (Federal Reserve Economic Data) is a database of over 3000 U.S. economic time series. With FRED you can download free data in Microsoft Excel and text formats and view charts of data series.
Edgar: SEC Filings & Forms (EDGAR). Free access to US company SEC financial statement filings.
Other sources of data:
GTA China stock database
The Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets (CISDM) hedge fund and other alternative investments database
Eurostat
Moody's Economy.com
The Economist Intelligence Unit
Economagic.com
OANDA, The Currency Site
OECD Statistics Portal
Statistics Finland
Russian Federal State Statistics Service
TEJ-Online database for Asian financial data
Yahoo-quote A lot of international freely available financial data on traded securities.
Economic data sources list collected by the Econometrics Journal
See also the following list collected by McCombs School of Business.