Contracting in the investment management industry: Evidence from mutual funds

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-98

  Deli, Daniel N ^b   Varma, Raj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contracting; Derivatives; Mutual funds

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042601631     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-405X(01)00090-3     Document Type: Article

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