Role of managerial incentives and discretion in hedge fund performance

Journal of Finance

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2221-2256

  Agarwal, Vikas ^a   Daniel, Naveen D ^b   Naik, Narayan Y ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 68949192027     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2009.01499.x     Document Type: Article

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