Survivorship bias and mutual fund performance

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1097-1120

  Elton, Edwin J ^a   Gruber, Martin J ^a   Blake, Christopher R ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030517263     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/9.4.1097     Document Type: Article

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