DealScan Link Table (Compustat)

Author

Hongyi Xu

Published

June 13, 2024

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S1. Objective

File location: /Users/hongyixu/Library/CloudStorage/OneDrive-HandelshögskolaniStockholm/Projects_2024/Dealscan_LinkTable/DealScan_Link_Table_Compustat_Jun2024.

The object of this document is to create a new link table for the LPC LoanConnector DealScan database with the Compustat from WRDS.

WRDS-Reuters DealScan has an updated instruction on the new and legacy DealScan data.

S2. Data sources

  • LPC_Loanconnector_Company_ID_Mappings.xlsx: Translation between DealScan (Legacy) and LoanConnector DealScan and here is the translation table:
    • variable “LoanConnector Company ID”: a unique identifier for the firm and matches “Borrower_Id” in the LPC DealScan data.
    • variable “LPC_COMPANY_ID”: a unique identifier matches to the Legacy DealScan data.
Table Legacy ID variables New ID Variables
Deal/Tranche to Package/Facility WRDS_LOANCONNECTOR_IDS WRDS_Package_ID, WRDS_Facility_ID LoanConnector_Deal_ID, LoanConnector_Tranche_ID
New Lender_ID, Lender_Parent_ID, and Borrower_ID to legacy Company ID LPC_LOANCONNECTOR_COMPANY_ID_MAP LPC_Company_ID LoanConnector_Company_ID
  • Dealscan-Compustat_Linking_Database012024.xlsx: This linking database connects Legacy DealScan identifiers to Compustat identifiers from Chava and Roberts (2009).
  • Therefore, the next step merges the first two link tables, which will link LPC DealScan data and Compustat. > i.e. “Borrower_Id” (DealScan) \rightarrow “LoanConnector Company ID” (LinkTable) \Leftrightarrow “LPC_COMPANY_ID” \rightarrowborrowercompanyid\longrightarrow gvkey (Compustat).

S4. Future Notes

Use the “Link_table_2024.RData” data file for variable Link_table to link the DealScan data with Compustat data in the next step.

The next step will be to potentially expand the link table to a wider stock universe, other than the North American sample covered in Compustat.

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