Performance measurement of mutual funds, hedge funds, and institutional accounts

Annual Review of Financial Economics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 537-574

  Wermers, Russ ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

alpha; performance attribution; performance evaluation; portfolio performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 80955145004     PISSN: 19411367     EISSN: 19411375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-financial-102710-144856     Document Type: Article

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