Conditioning Information and European Bond Fund Performance

European Financial Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 201-230

  Silva, Florinda ^a   Cortez, Maria do Céu ^a   Armada, Manuel Rocha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bond funds; Conditional models; G11; G12; G14; Performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745870907     PISSN: 13547798     EISSN: 1468036X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-036X.00216     Document Type: Article

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