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- Dependent variable: Fund flow in t Model: 1 2 3 Service inhouse forced-0.0919-0.0931-0.0942 (0.2582) (0.2527) (0.2471) Service inhouse choice-0.1018 ** -0.1034 ** -0.1052 ** (0.0477) (0.0444) (0.0405) PerfRank-1.1747 ** -1.2525 ** (0.0211) (0.0180) PerfRank 2.0782 *** 2.1421 *** (0.0007) (0.0006) Bottom quintile 0.1849 (0.6023) Middle quintiles 0.3597 *** (0.0001) Top quintile 5.5026 *** (0.0002) Ln TNA family 0.1727 *** 0.1729 *** 0.1728 *** (0.0015) (0.0015) (0.0015) Family focus 0.3512 *** 0.3467 *** 0.3472 *** (0.0003) (0.0004) (0.0003) Ln TNA-0.3143 *** -0.3141 *** -0.3156 *** (0.0003) (0.0003) (0.0003) Fund age-0.0400-0.0409-0.0364 (0.4142) (0.4027) (0.4635) Turnover ratio 0.0478 * 0.0491 * 0.0482 * (0.0591) (0.0545) (0.0627) Expense ratio-22.9745 ** -22.2937 ** -22.3827 ** (0.0111) (0.0147) (0.0146) Fund flow 0.0007 ** 0.0008 * 0.0008 ** (0.0429) (0.0513) (0.0340) Sigma fund flow-0.0013-0.0012 (0.3055) (0.3275)
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- Source: NSAR CRSP Dependent variable: Service fee Management fee 12B-1 Expense ratio Service outsourced-0.0008 *** 0.0006 *** -0.0006 *** -0.0013 *** (0.0000) (0.0065) (0.0000) (0.0000) Ln TNA family 0.0001 *** -0.0007 *** 0.0001 *** -0.0003 *** (0.0008) (0.0000) (0.0083) (0.0000) Family focus 0.0000-0.0004-0.0003 0.0012 *** (0.9831) (0.4172) (0.1559) (0.0002) Ln TNA-0.0001 *** 0.0016 *** 0.0000-0.0005 *** (0.0041) (0.0000) (0.7315) (0.0000) Fund age 0.0002 *** 0.0002 * -0.0004 *** -0.0002 (0.0001) (0.0561) (0.0000) (0.1644) Turnover ratio 0.0000 0.0002 *** 0.0000 ** 0.0001 *** (0.1934) (0.0002) (0.0225) (0.0013) Year fixed effects Yes Yes Yes Yes Segment fixed effects Yes Yes Yes Yes Number of Observations 18,815 17,757 14,052 19,119 Adj.R-Squared 0.0707 0.1466 0.2425 0.2318
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- Table IX – Service-inhouse funds grouped by their families’ capability to outsource (continued) Panel C: 10 external service providers Net-of-fee returns Gross-of-fee returns Dependent variable: Return OAR Jensen Carhart Return OAR Jensen Carhart Service inhouse forced-0.0054 ** -0.0038-0.0029-0.0007-0.0031-0.0011-0.0003 0.0019 (0.0361) (0.1610) (0.2330) (0.7562) (0.2070) (0.6742) (0.9097) (0.3430) Service inhouse choice-0.0102 *** -0.0112 *** -0.0107 *** -0.0075 *** -0.0094 *** -0.0107 *** -0.0100 *** -0.0068 *** (0.0001) (0.0000) (0.0000) (0.0008) (0.0002) (0.0001) (0.0000) (0.0019) Fund and family controls Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Year fixed effects Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Segment fixed effects Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Number of Observations 19,119 19,119 19,119 19,119 19,119 19,119 19,119 19,119 Adj.R-Squared 0.7321 0.0044 0.1527 0.1012 0.7338 0.0050 0.1548 0.1020
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- Year 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 Service-outsourced funds (%) 49.07 51.48 50.91 47.66 49.08 52.18 52.14 52.95 Family characteristics: Number of families 205 292 393 389 384 366 351 310 Family size 2,373.82 3,613.76 3,730.40 2,612.40 4,459.81 5,295.94 3,347.44 5,329.08 Number of funds 2.62 3.07 3.47 4.16 4.38 4.49 4.23 4.13 Family focus (%) 80.64 77.51 75.89 73.98 73.70 73.54 74.46 73.23 Family market share (%) 0.49 0.34 0.25 0.26 0.26 0.27 0.29 0.33 Service characteristics: Number of service provider 80 98 116 119 109 101 87 77 Service size 6,082.90 10,686.55 12,447.55 8,486.62 15,620.37 19,049.85 13,048.87 20,069.54 Service market share (%) 1.25 1.02 0.86 0.84 0.92 0.99 1.15 1.30
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