Do the best hedge funds hedge?

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-168

  Titman, Sheridan ^a   Tiu, Cristian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 78650561140     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhq105     Document Type: Article

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