No place like home: Familiarity in mutual fund manager portfolio choice

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2563-2599

  Pool, Veronika K ^a   Stoffman, Noah ^a   Yonker, Scott E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84864485959     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhs075     Document Type: Review

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