README
for pub/data
Bronwyn H. Hall,
University of California at Berkeley
This
document describes the data available in the directory pub/data on my website.
These data files are made available to other researchers on an AS IS basis. Because
of the volume of requests and time constraints, I am unable to answer inquiries
about them; users and potential users are referred to the publications cited
within the documentation files for further information. Copies of these
publications are available on my website.
Potential users of pstar, rvaluni3, hmuspan2, and pan91hdr should be aware that
these data are drawn primarily from the Compustat files of Standard and Poor,
and as such are proprietary to S&P. Before using these files, you should ascertain
that your home institution is a Compustat subscriber.
Each file is stored as a zip file containing two files, one with extension doc
(documentation) and one with extension dat (the data in ASCII format). The only
exception is patrhgh, which contains 2 datafiles (see the documentation file
itself for further information).
List of files available with links for
downloading:
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The patents-R&D
data used in Hall, Griliches, and Hausman, "Patents and
R&D: Is There a Lag?," IER
27(1986): 265-283. |
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The patents data at
the individual firm level, from the 1985 R&D master file. Total patent
applications and grants for the firms, from
about 1965 to 1979 (1981 for grants). By CUSIP and YEAR, this can be
matched to the other files. |
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A dataset containing header
information for all the firms in the 1991 manufacturing sector master file
(not yet released, but the source of data in pstar, rvaluni3, and hmuspan2
below). This list contains the names and stock symbols of firms, and can be
used to ascertain the presence of a particular firm. |
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A list of firms that
exited from the 1991 manufacturing sector master file, together with the
reason for their exit, and the name (and CUSIP, where available) of the
successor firm. |
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The data used for
productivity estimation in Hall, "Industrial Research
During the 1980s: Did the Rate of Return Fall?," BPEA Micro (1993,2): 289-344, and
Mairesse and Hall, "Estimating
the Productivity of Research and Development: An Exploration of GMM Methods
Using Data on French and United States Manufacturing Firms.”
Approximately 22,000 obs, 1960-1990. Cleaned; R&D-doing firms only. |
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The cleaned and
deflated data file used in Mairesse and Hall, based on hmuspan2. 10,957 obs,
1,180 firms with data for at least 4 years between 1977 and 1989. |
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The data used for
market value estimation in Hall, BPEA Micro (1993,2),
and in Hall, "The
Stock Market Value of Research and Development Investment During the 1980s,"
AER 83 (1993): 259-264.
Approximately 44,000 obs, 1959-1991.
All firms; not very clean. |
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The data used in Hall
and Hall, "The Value and
Performance of US Corporations," BPEA
1993(1): 1-50. |
Last updated by BHH on 11 June 2006