The impact of legal and political institutions on equity trading costs: A cross-country analysis

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1081-1111

  Eleswarapu, Venkat R ^a   Venkataraman, Kumar ^b,c  

^a Oppenheimer Funds ^*

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33747876037     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhj026     Document Type: Article

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