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Managing mutual funds or managing expense ratios? Evidence from the Greek fund industry

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  • Babalos, Vassilios
  • Kostakis, Alexandros
  • Philippas, Nikolaos

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This study examines the expense ratio policy of Greek equity funds operating in a small emerging market with an oligopolistic, bank-dominated financial system. Constructing a unique dataset of non-publicly available expense ratios charged by these funds, we examine the impact these expenses have on funds' performance and flows. The main conclusion is that funds' performance is negatively related to their expenses, while investors' flows are not directly affected by expenses. Furthermore, the funds affiliated with one of the three dominant domestic banking groups achieve higher performance and attract higher net flows in comparison to their competitors.

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Article provided by Elsevier in its journal Journal of Multinational Financial Management.

Volume (Year): 19 (2009)
Issue (Month): 4 (October)
Pages: 256-272

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Handle: RePEc:eee:mulfin:v:19:y:2009:i:4:p:256-272

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Keywords: Mutual funds Expense ratio Emerging markets Performance attributes;

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Cited by:
  1. Babalos, Vassilios & Caporale, Guglielmo Maria & Philippas, Nikolaos, 2012. "Efficiency evaluation of Greek equity funds," Research in International Business and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 26(2), pages 317-333.
  2. Salganik, G., 2010. "Essays on Investment Flows of Hedge Fund and Mutual Fund Investors," Open Access publications from Tilburg University urn:nbn:nl:ui:12-4378358, Tilburg University.
  3. Babalos, Vassilios & Philippas, Nikolaos & Doumpos, Michael & Zompounidis, Constantin, 2011. "Mutual funds performance appraisal using stochastic multicriteria acceptability analysis," MPRA Paper 37953, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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