Islamic mutual funds' financial performance and international investment style: Evidence from 20 countries

European Journal of Finance

Volumn 17, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 829-850

  Hoepner, Andreas G F ^a,b   Rammal, Hussain G ^c   Rezec, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

fund manager learning; home bias; Islamic finance; Islamic mutual funds; responsible investment; three level Carhart model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859015633     PISSN: 1351847X     EISSN: 14664364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1351847X.2010.538521     Document Type: Article

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