Global equity fund performance, portfolio concentration, and the fundamental law of active management

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 155-165

  Huij, Joop ^a,b   Derwall, Jeroen ^c,d  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Robeco Quantitative Strategies   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breadth; Mutual funds; Performance; Portfolio concentration

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957923868     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2010.07.032     Document Type: Article

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