Investment behavior of mutual fund shareholders: The evidence from aggregate fund flows

Journal of Financial Markets

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 391-402

  Fant, L Franklin ^a  

^a KPMG LLP   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional risk premia; Investment flows; Market timing; Mutual funds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033228140     PISSN: 13864181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1386-4181(99)00006-3     Document Type: Article

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