Gaming performance fees by portfolio managers

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1435-1458

  Foster, Dean P ^a   Young, H Peyton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78649902427     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2010.125.4.1435     Document Type: Article

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