I would like to merge the data from Compustat (Quarterly) and CRSP (monthly) by FimID. I have created COMP_T and CRSP_T by merging year and month. Now I would like to get a new dataset where for each FirmID, every month of COMP_T is merged with next three months of CRSP_T. For example, 197912 of COMP_T is merged with the data of 198001, 198002, and 198003 from CRSP_T. Please see a small sample below: Thank you very much for your help.
HAVE
Compustat
FrimID COMP_DATE COMP_T Asset
1 31/12/1979 197912 10
1 31/03/1980 198003 20
2 30/09/1980 198009 30
CRSP
FrimID CRSP_DATE CRSP_T Return
1 31/12/1979 197912 0.04
1 31/01/1980 198001 0.02
1 29/02/1980 198002 0.03
1 31/03/1980 198003 0.04
1 30/04/1980 198004 0.10
1 31/05/1980 198005 0.09
1 30/06/1980 198006 0.07
2 30/09/1980 198009 0.05
2 31/10/1980 198010 0.06
2 30/11/1980 198011 0.09
2 31/12/1980 198012 0.14
WANT
FrimID COMP_T CRSP_T Asset Return
1 197912 198001 10 0.02
1 197912 198002 10 0.03
1 197912 198003 10 0.04
1 198003 198004 20 0.10
1 198003 198005 20 0.09
1 198003 198006 20 0.07
2 198009 198010 30 0.06
2 198009 198011 30 0.09
2 198009 198012 30 0.14
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