Brokerage houses historically have provided research and related services together with
order execution without separate fees. This practice of research bundling through so-called …

The first goal of this article is to review types of transparency—relative versus absolute and
positive versus normative, transparency of the SEC total expense ratio, stewardship and …

While few debate the need to measure market risk, less agreement exists as to the best way
to accomplish this task. Measuring and understanding market risk is a challenging and …

More than 1.2 billion people are without access to electricity. Universal energy access is a
challenging goal. However, the growth of mobile phones and the microfinance industry …

Scholars and policy makers have long debated whether securities firms should be allowed
to bundle the cost of execution services with the cost of research. Investor advocates …

This paper will investigate if corporate governance has a mitigating effect for Sell-side
analysts' decision to follow a firm after the implementation of Markets in Financial …

For decades, the bundling of research services into commissions paid for the execution of
securities trades has been the focus of policy discussion and academic debate. The practice …

This study provides mutual fund shareholders with a normative listing of transparent and
traditionally opaque fees and expenses designed for most all funds. The most likely next …

—Palmiter [2006] This study continues research from Haslem [2013b] that “focuses on
selected 'negative general effects' contributing to generally lower mutual fund shareholder …