Merging BoardEx data with Compustat/Execucomp data

[Jahan Ismat]

Dear Stata experts,

Can anyone please help me to merge BoardEx data with Compustat and/or Execucomp data?

It will be a great help. I appreciate your time and effort.

Best regards,
Jahan Ismat

[Clyde Schechter]

By phrasing the question as you have, you limit yourself to receiving response from people who are familiar with these particular datasets.

You will do yourself a service by posting back showing example data from both data sets. That way anybody who understands -merge- well enough should be able to give you a helpful response.

When showing example data, be sure to use the -dataex- command to show an excerpt from the data as you have it imported into Stata. (If you have not yet imported your data into Stata, it is premature to seek help with -merge-ing. Import first because details of the imported data set may be important determinants of the correct code.) If you are running version 17, 16 or a fully updated version 15.1 or 14.2, -dataex- is already part of your official Stata installation. If not, run -ssc install dataex- to get it. Either way, run -help dataex- to read the simple instructions for using it. -dataex- will save you time; it is easier and quicker than typing out tables. It includes complete information about aspects of the data that are often critical to answering your question but cannot be seen from tabular displays or screenshots. It also makes it possible for those who want to help you to create a faithful representation of your example to try out their code, which in turn makes it more likely that their answer will actually work in your data.

When asking for help with code, always show example data. When showing example data, always use -dataex-.

[Jahan Ismat]

Dear Clyde Schechter,

Thank you so much for taking the time to guide me. I will do accordingly.

Best regards,
Jahan Ismat