Why are most funds open-end? Competition and the limits of arbitrage

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 247-272

  Stein, Jeremy C ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 15544366424     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/0033553053327489     Document Type: Article

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