Product Differentiation, Search Costs, and Competition in the Mutual Fund Industry: A Case Study of S&P 500 Index Funds

DOI10.1162/0033553041382184MaRDI QIDQ3159690zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ali Hortaçsu, Chad Syverson

Publication date 16 February 2005

Published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL http://www.nber.org/papers/w9728.pdf

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical methods; economic indices and measures (91B82)

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