International mutual fund selectivity and market timing during up and down market conditions

Financial Review

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-144

  Kao, G Wenchi ^a   Cheng, Louis T W ^b   Chan, Kam C ^c  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

Author keywords

International; Market timing; Mutual fund; Performance; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012009814     PISSN: 07328516     EISSN: 15406288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6288.1998.tb01373.x     Document Type: Article

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