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===Introduction of Compustat and Preparation for Stata===
See script for exact work.
 
*Create table sdc with SDC data imported from the initial LBO data.
 
*Create table LBOCOMPUSTAT4 with Compustat data imported.
**Note: There were 3 prior Compustat pulls. The 1st is used to create several cross reference tables that are not made obsolete by the subsequent pulls.
 
*Create table dealnumbxgvkey selecting deal numbers and gvkeys from table sdc.
 
*Create table compustatnamematch with compustat names matched against themselves imported
 
*Create table stdcompnamestdorgnamematched with standardized compustat names matched against stdorgname
 
*Create table stdcompnamepatentjoin with variables standardized compustat names and patent numbers
 
*Create table compustatpatentinfo with variables standardized compustat names, patent numbers, and grant dates
 
*Create table stdcompnamexgvkeycleaned with variables standardized compustat names and gvkeys
 
*Create table ALLGVKey with all distinct gvkeys from stdcompnamexgvkeycleaned
 
*Create table AllYears with all years from 1970 to 2016
 
*Create table KeysXYears with variables gvkey and year. Each gvkey corresponds to 47 years.
 
*Create table keysxyearsxstdcompname with variables gvkeys, years, and standardized compustat names
 
*Create table compupatentyearsummary with variables standardized compustat names, gvkeys, years, and number of patents per year
 
*Create table dealnumbxgvkeyxlboyeartemp with variables deal numbers, gvkeys, LBO years, and exit years
 
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==Compustat Variables==
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