Using a new database, we study fees charged by 46,580 mutual fund classes offered for sale in 18 countries, which account for about 86 of the world fund industry in 2002. We examine management fees, total expense ratios, and total shareholder costs (including load charges). Fees vary...

This paper studies the mutual fund industry in 56 countries and examines where this financial innovation has flourished. The fund industry is larger in countries with stronger rules, laws, and regulations, and specifically where mutual fund investors’ rights are better protected. The industry...

This paper studies the mutual fund industry in 56 countries and tests various hypotheses to explain the extent to which this innovative form of financial intermediation has flourished. Consistent with related findings from the law and economics literature, the mutual fund industry is larger in...

Using a new database, we study fees charged by 46,580 mutual fund classes offered for sale in 18 countries, which account for about 86% of the world fund industry in 2002. We examine management fees, total expense ratios, and total shareholder costs (which include load charges). Fees vary...

Using a new database, we study fees charged by 46,580 mutual fund classes offered for sale in 18 countries, which account for about 86% of the world fund industry in 2002. We examine management fees, total expense ratios, and total shareholder costs (including load charges). Fees vary...

This paper studies the mutual fund industry in 56 countries and tests various hypotheses to explain the extent to which this innovative form of financial intermediation has flourished. Consistent with related findings from the law and economics literature, the mutual fund industry is larger in...