Why does the law of one price fail? An experiment on index mutual funds

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1405-1432

  Choi, James J ^a   Laibson, David ^b   Madrian, Brigitte C ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77950266129     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhp097     Document Type: Article

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