Fund flow bias in market timing skill. Evidence of the clientele effect

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 33, Issue , 2014, Pages 257-269

  Muñoz, Fernando ^a   Vargas, María ^b   Vicente, Ruth ^b  

^a CENTRO UNIVERSITARIO DE LA DEFENSA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

A13; Cash flows; G11; Market timing; Mutual funds; Screens; Socially responsible investments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902483002     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2014.05.006     Document Type: Article

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