Municipal Securities Laboratory

• Provides granular information on the primary municipal securities market from 1958 through 2017
• Daily updates available for 2015 and 2016

1) Historical Transaction Data

• Interdealer and Customer trades from 1995 through 2015

2) Short-term Obligation Rate Transparency (SHORT) from 2009

• Municipal Auction Rate Securities (ARS) from 2005 through 2015
• Municipal Variable Rate Demand Obligations (VDRO) from 2005 through 2015

3) New (2017) Academic Historical Research Data

• Transaction-level data with anonymized dealer identifiers from 2005 through 2016

Data Details: http://www.msrb.org/Market-Transparency/Subscription-Services-and-Products.aspx

• Provides real-time and historical data on various markets, including the primary and secondary municipal bond markets
• Terminal location: Andrew Young School, 3^rd floor
• Managed by Robinson College of Business – Georgia State University

Data Details: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/

• Borrowing cost data for Competitive Municipal Bond Issues from 2000 through 2016

Data Details: https://ipreo.com/timeline/

• Universally accepted standard for classifying and identifying financial instruments across institutions and exchanges worldwide
• Required for access to all of the databases listed above

• Repository for Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) data
• Limited public access at http://emma.msrb.org
  

A web-based business data research platform providing access to financial, economic, and marketing data through a web-based interface. Note: Users must open an account at the WRDS home. WRDS will notify Terry Decker (GSU’s WRDS administrator); once he verifies GSU status, WRDS will forward account information to the user.

Data Details:

https://wrds-web.wharton.upenn.edu/wrds/?register=1