Optimal investment committee sizes: Do too many (or too few) cooks spoil the broth?

Journal of Portfolio Management

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 87-94

  Gjølberg, Ole ^a   Nordhaug, Odd ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration   (Norway)

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EID: 0030524954     PISSN: 00954918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3905/jpm.1996.87     Document Type: Article

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