Assessing the costs and benefits of brokers in the mutual fund industry

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4129-4156

  Bergstresser, Daniel ^a   Chalmers, John M R ^b   Tufano, Peter ^c  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 70349440995     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhp022     Document Type: Article

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