Determinants of cost efficiencies in the mutual fund industry

Review of Financial Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 323-334

  Malhotra, D K ^a   Martin, Rand ^b   Russel, Philip ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economies of scale; Institutional funds; Investment companies; Mutual fund costs; Mutual funds

Indexed keywords

EID: 36249020532     PISSN: 10583300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rfe.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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