Measuring performance of international closed-end funds

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1741-1767

  Patro, Dilip Kumar ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

G14; G15; International closed end funds; Mutual funds; Performance measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042908816     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(00)00151-5     Document Type: Article

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