Risk shifting and mutual fund performance

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2575-2616

  Huang, Jennifer ^a   Sialm, Clemens ^b   Zhang, Hanjiang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 79954488909     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhr001     Document Type: Article

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