Why mutual funds "underperform"

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 546-559

  Glode, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Business cycle; Investment; Mutual fund; Performance; Pricing kernel

Indexed keywords

EID: 78951492734     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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