The performance persistence of closed-end funds

Financial Review

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 33-52

  Bers, Martina K ^a   Madura, Jeff ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed end funds; International closed end funds; Mutual fund performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011270725     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6288.2000.tb01420.x     Document Type: Article

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