WRDS: Home

Please explore the links below for research guides on some related subjects.

• Accounting
• Business
• Business Ethics
• Corporate Governance
• Data & Statistics
• Economics
• Finance

Wharton Research Data Service (WRDS) is a collection of finance, accounting, economics, management, marketing and public policy databases that are restricted to the current York community.

Faculty and students from York University may request a WRDS account via the WRDS Registration page, and following these steps:

1. Select York University as the Subscriber. 
2. Select the appropriate User Type. 
3. Using your York University email as the Email address
4. Complete the rest of the form and submit it

After submitting your application, and successfully confirming your email associated with the requested WRDS account, it will take approximately 2 to 3 working days to process your request. Once access is granted, you will receive an account approval notification email from WRDS. 

It is the responsibility of each user to ensure that they use this product for non-commercial academic research purposes only.

York University does not subscribe to all databases that are available on the WRDS platform.  To view a list of what is currently available, visit York Subscriptions.