Morningstar ratings and future performance

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 605-628

  Gerrans, Paul ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advertising; Managed funds; Performance; Ratings

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750149485     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2006.00185.x     Document Type: Article

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