Investing in mutual funds when returns are predictable

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 339-377

  Avramov, Doron ^a   Wermers, Russ ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset allocation; Equity mutual funds; Time varying managerial skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745934211     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2005.05.010     Document Type: Article

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