Investor flows and the assessed performance of open-end mutual funds

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 439-466

  Edelen, Roger M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

G23; G29; Market timing; Mutual fund flows; Mutual fund performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000446210     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(99)00028-8     Document Type: Article

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