A few bad apples? Scandalous behavior of mutual fund managers

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 319-334

  Davis, Justin L ^a   Payne, G Tyge ^b   McMahan, Gary C ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency duality; Agency theory; Ethics; Mutual funds; Retirement benefits; Reward structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548967557     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9284-1     Document Type: Article

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