Estimating the costs of international equity investments

Review of Finance

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 587-634

  Sercu, Piet ^a   Vanpée, Rosanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Fortis   (Belgium)

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EID: 54249117200     PISSN: 15723097     EISSN: 1573692X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rof/rfn021     Document Type: Article

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