Fund Size, Transaction Costs and Performance: Size Matters!

Australian Journal of Management

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-96

  Chan, Howard W H ^a   Faff, Robert W ^b   Gallagher, David R ^c,d   Looi, Adrian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

FUND PERFORMANCE; FUND SIZE; MARKET IMPACT; TRANSACTION COST

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349272601     PISSN: 03128962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/031289620903400105     Document Type: Article

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