Databases
Most frequently used databases FEB (alphabetical)
Bankruptcy Research Database (BRD) of UCLA School of Law
The Bankruptcy Research Database (BRD) is a data collection, data linking, and data dissemination project of the UCLA School of Law. The BRD's mission is to promote bankruptcy research by making bankruptcy data available to academic researchers throughout the world.
Bel-first
Bel-first contains information on large companies or companies on the stock exchange from Belgium and Luxemburg.
- Access: UGent only (online access is only possible with a browser on the Athena platform).
- Recording of informationsession on Bel-first and Orbis (2022)
The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) was founded in 1983 to enhance the quality of economic policy-making within Europe and beyond, by fostering high quality, policy-relevant economic research, and disseminating it widely to decision-makers in the public and private sectors.
DSI - OESO DSI Statistical Compendium
The OECD DSI Statistical Compendium is a statistical publication covering the full scope of the OECD's areas of expertise: Development and Aid, General Economic Problems, Economic Indicators, National Accounts and Historical Statistics, Labour Market and Social Issues, Financial and Fiscal Affairs, Industry, Science and Technology, Foreign Trade, Agriculture, Energy.
IMF Country Information - reports and publications from the International Monetary Fund arranged by country
Jura
Online database of Kluwer. In this database you will find the full text of the legislation in force, the full text of the higher courts, the full text of various Kluwer inserts (including the article-by-article commentaries), a collection of models, the full text of case law and legal doctrine from Kluwer journals and references to case law and legal doctrine in other journals. In this database you will also find a link to the journals from Jurisquare.
Access: UGent only (online access is only possible with a browser on the Athena platform).
Jurisquare is a database which offers journals from various publishers (Anthemis, Bruylant, Die Keure, Intersentia, Story Publishers) through a single system, both on the basis of keywords and on the basis of the full contents. There is also a link to the journals of Strad@ and Jur@.
Access: UGent only (online access is only possible with a browser on the Athena platform).
NBER
The National Bureau of Economic Research's research activities are mostly identified by 20 research programs on different subjects and 14 working groups. The research programs are: Aging, Asset Pricing, Children, Corporate Finance, Development of the American Economy, Economics of Education, Economic Fluctuations and Growth, Energy and the Environment, Health Care, Health Economics, Industrial Organization, International Finance and Macroeconomics, International Trade and Investment, Labor Studies, Law and Economics, Monetary Economics, Political Economy, Productivity, and Public Economics.
Access: UGent only (online access is only possible with a browser on the Athena platform).
NBER working papers online
Working papers (NB: not peer reviewed) by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Access: UGent only (online access is only possible with a browser on the Athena platform).
OECD DSI Statistical Compendium - see above under DSI
Orbis Europe
Information on more than 19 million European companies. You can use the database to research individual companies or to search for companies matching a specific profile, but also for analysis purposes.
Access: UGent only (online access to Orbis Europe is only possible with a browser on the Athena platform).
NB: older discs can be consulted via Department of Economics (EB21).
Refinitiv Workspace for Students
Refinitiv Workspace gives you access to the widest and deepest coverage of market data, financial data, news, statistics, analytics and productivity tools. Whether on desktop, web or mobile. Thanks to the integrated developer environment, you can also use and analyse data flexibly using modern APIs and popular languages such as Python.
- Access: request your login details via ebib@ugent.be, or at the desk in the library.
- Free training video's
- More info
- Refinitv Datastream - the world's most comprehensive financial history database
- Refinitiv Worldscope Fundamentals
RePEc - Research Papers in Economics
RePEC is an alliance of hundreds of volunteers in 102 countries to promote the dissemination of research in economics and related sciences. All RePEc material is freely available.
The heart of the project is a decentralised bibliographic database of working papers, journal articles, books, book chapters and software components, all maintained by volunteers. The collected data is then used in various services that provide or enhance the collected metadata to users.
Snapshots - international market research overview
This database provides top-level international market research overviews covering 40+ industries in over 40 countries worldwide, including regional summaries. It provides market size, share, forecast and segments.
Access: UGent only (online access is only possible with a browser on the Athena platform).
This online database includes: The Larcier Books and Codes Larcier in full text, full text of case law and legal doctrine from Larcier journals, POJT (formerly RAJE) with references to case law and legal doctrine in other journals, Recueil annuel de jurisprudence belge (references to case law and legal doctrine in other journals), Het Handboek voor Fiscaal Recht-Tiberghien, in Dutch and in French, DbDoc: Integrated search engine on the public sources, Répertoire Notariale, Link with journals from Jurisquare.
Access: UGent only. Strada lex can only be consulted in the faculty library of Law on http://www.stradalex.com. (Platform can be slow in Internet Explorer ... please consult stradalex in Chrome of Firefox)
Trends Top is a one-stop shop for up-to-date business information and web tools for financial analysis, targeted prospecting, geo-marketing and sales management. An online work instrument and communication platform.
Access: UGent only (online access is only possible with a browser on the Athena platform).
WARC - World Advertising Research Centre
WARC.com offers the largest source of information for the global marketing, advertising, media and research community from more than 40 international sources.
Access: UGent only (online access is only possible with a browser on the Athena platform).
World Bank - DataBank World Development Indicators (WDI) + International Debt Statistics (IDS)
World Bank - Documents & Reports
Zephyr
Zephyr is the most comprehensive database of transaction information - and is updated every hour. It is easy for corporate finance research. The database contains information on M&A, IPO, private equity and venture capital deals.
Access: UGent only (online access is only possible with a browser on the Athena platform).