The performance persistence of foreign closed-end funds

Review of Financial Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 263-285

  Madura, Jeff ^a   Bers, Martina K ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed end funds; Foreign funds; Performance persistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036425464     PISSN: 10583300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1058-3300(02)00042-3     Document Type: Article

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