Investor risk evaluation in the determination of management incentives in the mutual fund industry

Journal of Financial Markets

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 365-387

  Berkowitz, Michael K ^a   Kotowitz, Yehuda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compensation; G11; G14; G23; Mutual funds; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012695632     PISSN: 13864181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-4181(00)00011-2     Document Type: Article

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