City size and fund performance

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 252-275

  Christoffersen, Susan E K ^a   Sarkissian, Sergei ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Information spillovers; Labor market; Mutual funds; Performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 64849092281     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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