Participant reaction and the performance of funds offered by 401(k) plans

Journal of Financial Intermediation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 249-271

  Elton, Edwin J ^a   Gruber, Martin J ^a   Blake, Christopher R ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficient choices; Mutual funds; Pension administration; Pension participant behavior; Pension performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047265507     PISSN: 10429573     EISSN: 10960473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfi.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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