Mutual fund flows and investor returns: An empirical examination of fund investor timing ability

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2796-2816

  Friesen, Geoffrey C ^a   Sapp, Travis R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fund cash flows; Fund clienteles; Investor timing; Mutual fund performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548010316     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2007.01.024     Document Type: Article

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