Expense ratios of North American mutual funds;Les ratios de dépenses des fonds mutuels nord-américains

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 192-223

  Ruckman, Karen ^a  

^a John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECONOMY OF SCALE; INVESTMENT; MONOPOLY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1342303727     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1540-5982.00010     Document Type: Article

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