This workshop is intended for students Economics and Business Administration who perform an event study (e.g. M&A, IPO, venture capital) for their BA or MA thesis and (1) need help using the event study modules, and/or (2) need to download stock & index returns for their event study and calculate abnormal returns, and/or (3) need additional financial variables, ratios etc. to complement their dataset.

Participants are strongly advised to send information about their research topic, e.g. the desired dataset, variables and timeframe, to datasupport-NSM@ubn.ru.nl at least 24 hours before the workshop. For deals, include at least a dataset with company names, event dates and identifiers (ISIN, CUSIP and/or SEDOL). Please also indicate if you are a MacBook user, as datastream is not available for MacBooks

If you have other topics you would like to address or have further questions do not hesitate to communicate this beforehand!

If you need to use LSEG Workspace/Datastream, please let us know beforehand and we can provide you with an account! Please install the softwarebefore the workshop. After the workshop you can make use of LSEG Workspace for at least the rest of the day.

Location & duration

The workshop will take place in EOS 01.570. Participants receive an invitation with the exact location beforehand.

Duration: 2 hours.

There is room for 3 attendants per workshop.