Participation costs and the sensitivity of fund flows to past performance

Journal of Finance

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1273-1311

  Huang, Jennifer ^a   Wei, Kelsey D ^b   Yan, Hong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 34248146624     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2007.01236.x     Document Type: Article

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