The performance of Italian equity funds

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 99-126

  Cesari, Riccardo ^a   Panetta, Fabio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Investment style; Management fees; Market timing; Mutual funds; Performance measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 10344249959     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(00)00174-6     Document Type: Article

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