Costly information, diversification and international mutual fund performance

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 463-482

  Engström, Stefan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Distance; Style analysis; Survivorship bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041513056     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-538X(03)00050-7     Document Type: Article

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