An exploration of the persistence of UK unit trust performance

Journal of Empirical Finance

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 475-493

  Fletcher, Jonathan ^a   Forbes, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benchmark portfolios; Performance persistence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036888007     PISSN: 09275398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5398(02)00006-3     Document Type: Article

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