An exploration of the conditional timing performance of UK unit trusts

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Volumn 33, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 816-838

  Byrne, Alistair ^a   Fletcher, Jonathan ^a   Ntozi, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conditional timing performance; Unit trusts

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747188900     PISSN: 0306686X     EISSN: 14685957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2006.00617.x     Document Type: Article

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