Tournaments in mutual-fund families

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1013-1036

  Kempf, Alexander ^a   Ruenzi, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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EID: 41549104136     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhm057     Document Type: Article

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