wrds: Access 'Wharton Research Data Services' ('WRDS')

Provides simple functions for accessing data from 'Wharton Research Data Services' ('WRDS'), a widely used financial database in academic research. Includes credential management via the system keyring, database tools, and functions for downloading generic tables, 'Compustat' fundamentals, and linking tables.

Version: 0.0.1
Depends: R (≥ 4.1.0)
Imports: cli, DBI, dbplyr, dplyr, keyring, rlang, RPostgres, tidylog
Suggests: testthat (≥ 3.0.0), withr
Published: 2026-01-19
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.wrds (may not be active yet)
Author: Ulrich Atz ORCID iD [aut, cre, cph]
Maintainer: Ulrich Atz <ulrich.atz at unibocconi.it>
BugReports: https://github.com/statzhero/wrds/issues
License: MIT + file LICENSE
URL: https://github.com/statzhero/wrds
NeedsCompilation: no
Materials: README, NEWS
CRAN checks: wrds results

Documentation:

Reference manual: wrds.html , wrds.pdf

Downloads:

Package source: wrds_0.0.1.tar.gz
Windows binaries: r-devel: not available, r-release: not available, r-oldrel: not available
macOS binaries: r-release (arm64): wrds_0.0.1.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): wrds_0.0.1.tgz, r-release (x86_64): wrds_0.0.1.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): wrds_0.0.1.tgz

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