When should firms share credit with employees? Evidence from anonymously managed mutual funds

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 400-424

  Massa, Massimo ^a   Reuter, Jonathan ^b   Zitzewitz, Eric ^c  

^a Insead ^*  (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Favoritism; Marketing; Media; Mutual funds; Named managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149120953     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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