Timing and selectivity in Portuguese mutual fund performance

Research in International Business and Finance

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 348-368

  Romacho, João Carlos ^a   Cortez, Maria Céu ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF PORTALEGRE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Mutual funds; Performance evaluation; Selectivity; Timing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748192924     PISSN: 02755319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ribaf.2005.05.005     Document Type: Article

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