Prudent man or agency problem? On the performance of insurance mutual funds

Journal of Financial Intermediation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-203

  Chen, Xuanjuan ^a   Yao, Tong ^b   Yu, Tong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency problem; Insurance; Mutual funds; Prudent man

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047269954     PISSN: 10429573     EISSN: 10960473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfi.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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