+ 20 links to publicly available databases in finance compiled by Mark Dijkstra (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam): Document (PDF) here
Publicly available databases in finance (bonds, market portfolios, ...) compiled by Laurens Swinkels (Erasmus University): link
On lobby: LobbyView (USA), OpenSecrets (USA), LobbyFacts (EU), Commissariat au lobby du Canada
Corporate ownership data (S&P500)
Global Capital Allocation: Percent of earnings calls in a given quarter that mention the firm’s business or decisions being affected by tariffs, sanctions, and export controls, bond and equity financing from developed economy investors via affiliates located in tax havens +++
Corporate racial and gender composition: Organizational Diversity Database - working paper and link
Macroeconomic risks from Julien Pénasse and Roberto Marfè
Global Currency: multiple datasets on the history of the international monetary system collected over several years from a variety of sources on the currency composition of global foreign reserves, debt and oil markets + historical datasets on financial sanctions, global foreign reserves, invoicing of international trade and exchange rates.
Joint Organizations data: oil and gas data (country-level)
Currency factor: Long historical currency portfolios and FX factor returns.
CEO luck and compensation incentives from Lalitha Naveen (Temple University)
Firm-Level Political Risk from Tarek A Hassan , Stephan Hollander , Laurence van Lent , Ahmed Tahoun. "Firm-Level Political Risk: Measurement and Effects" The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 134, Issue 4, November 2019, Pages 2135–2202.
Managerial Incentives to Increase Risk: manager’s risk-taking incentives as the total sensitivity of the manager’s debt, stock, and option holdings to firm volatility.