Hedge funds for retail investors? An examination of hedged mutual funds

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 273-305

  Agarwal, Vikas ^a   Boyson, Nicole M ^b   Naik, Narayan Y ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 68949176653     PISSN: 00221090     EISSN: 17566916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022109009090188     Document Type: Article

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