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The increasing importance of institutional investors with regard to the management and allocation of household savings has been one of the most important phenomena characterising the financial markets of the more industrialised countries in recent years. This work examines the repercussions of this growth on the activity of the securities market.
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De Felice, G., Miranda, G. (1994). Institutional investors and financial markets: evidence from an international comparison. In: Conti, V., Hamaui, R., Scobie, H.M. (eds) Bond Markets, Treasury and Debt Management. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1208-6_10
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