DATASETS I used 

• Baker, Bloom, & Davis's (2016) BBD index

• Caldara and Iacoviello’s (2022) geopolitical risk index

• CEPII Gravity database

• China Stock Market Accounting Research (CSMAR) database

• Compustat Customer Segments database

• Compustat North America Fundamentals database

• Database of Political Institutions

• Dow and Karunaratna’s (2006) index of psychic distance

• FactSet Revere database

• Henisz’s (2000) POLCONV index

• Human Rights Campaign's (HRC's) CEI and SEI

• ILGA’s Legal Frameworks Database

• LexisNexis's Corporate Affiliates Database

• LobbyView

• National Economic Research Institute (NERI) reports

• NewsBankThe Global Sanctions Data Base (GSDB)

• Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Arms Industry Database

• The Uppsala Conflict Data Program’s Armed Conflict Dataset

• UNCTAD

• Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) database

• WIND database

• World Bank World Development Indicators (WDI) database

Also explored

• BoardEx

• Crunchbase 

• Federal Election Commission's firm and individual campaign contribution database

• MSCI 

• Plant Based Foods Association database

• RepRisk

• SDC Platinum

• World Values Survey