How smart are the smart guys? A unique view from hedge fund stock holdings

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2531-2570

  Griffin, John M ^a   Xu, Jin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Zebra Capital Management LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

G11; G23

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055211536     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhp026     Document Type: Article

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