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Identifying Information:
- PERMNO, CRSP's CRSP’s unique and permanent issue identification number
- PERMCO, CRSP's CRSP’s unique and permanent company identification number
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- CRSP stock data is delivered in little- and big-endian binary on DVD.
- The database is provided in the proprietary CRSPAccess format.
- CRSPAccess provides data management to multiple levels of users, enhancing the distribution and processing of the data.
- The Installation programs and scripts copy data and program files from the Tools and Installation CD-ROM to disk, and set the necessary parameters.
- CRSP-provided data access includes:
- Precompiled utility software for processing and sub-setting data for non-programmers.
- Direct- or sequential-access programming support, via CRSP-provided access functions with pre-compiled FORTRAN-95 and C-language software libraries.
- Data can also be accessed via CRSP's CRSP’s DOS-based stk_print (stock data report writer).
- Third party access is provided via the WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services) internet platform (for academic and government subscribers only)
- Third party access is also provided via the SAS SASECRSP engine.