The relationship between mutual fund fees and expenses and their effects on performance

Financial Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 85-104

  Dellva, Wilfred L ^a   Olson, Gerard T ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

12b 1; Fees; Mutual fund

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012539863     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6288.1998.tb01609.x     Document Type: Article

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