Incentives and risk taking in hedge funds

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3291-3310

  Kouwenberg, Roy ^a   Ziemba, William T ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hedge funds; Incentive fees; Optimal portfolio choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 35549005994     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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