Data & Code

Datasets and code from my research, shared for the research community. Please cite the corresponding papers when using these resources.

Financial Reporting Transparency Measures from Orbis Firm-level Data

Code to generate variants of the transparency measure used in Kim & Olbert (2022, JAE). Aggregated measures by industry, country, and year are available from the authors via email. Please cite Kim & Olbert (2022), "How Does Private Firm Disclosure Affect Demand for Public Firm Equity?".

Code (OneDrive) · Readme · Paper (JAE 2022)

ESG Disclosures of Private Equity Firms, 2000–2022

Abraham, Olbert & Vasvari (2024, JAR) construct a panel of ESG disclosures from PE firms' historical websites for a global sample of PE firms covered in Preqin. See Section 3 and the Online Appendix of the paper for construction details. Contact the authors to request the dataset (valid Preqin license required).

Paper (SSRN) · Readme

TRI, OSHA, Trucost & RepRisk Facilities Matched to Preqin PE Transactions

Abraham, Olbert & Vasvari (2024, JAR) match facilities reporting to the EPA Toxic Release Inventory and OSHA, and companies covered in S&P Trucost and RepRisk, to private equity investments from Preqin. Full dataset available from the authors (Preqin license required); abbreviated datasets without PE firm identifiers available for researchers without a license.

Paper (SSRN) · Readme · Abbreviated datasets

Mini paper (in German): Compliance costs of tax declaration — evidence from Benzarti (2020)

A short teaching-oriented summary, in German, of the evidence on tax declaration compliance costs in Benzarti (2020).

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