Managerial Abilities: Evidence from Religious Mutual Fund Managers

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 503-517

  Ferruz, Luis ^a   Muñoz, Fernando ^b   Vargas, María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO UNIVERSITARIO DE LA DEFENSA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conditional performance; Market timing; Religious mutual funds; Stock picking; Style timing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856218043     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0982-y     Document Type: Article

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