TY - JOUR T1 - Measurement of Transaction Costs in Equity Trading JF - Trading SP - 49 LP - 54 VL - 2001 IS - 1 AU - Bharat Patel Y1 - 2001/03/20 UR - http://guides.pm-research.com/content/2001/1/49.abstract N2 - This article seeks to identify methods by which institutional investors can identify the actual transaction costs they are incurring when using brokers for equity execution and thereby decide on the appropriate methodology for minimization of these costs. The results are derived from empirical trade data based on a selection of portfolio trades executed in 1999. ER -