Determinants of public pension plan investment return: The role of fund value maximization and public choice theory

Public Management Review

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 551-573

  Schneider, Marguerite ^a   Damanpour, Fariborz ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Governance; Institutional ownership; Public choice theory; Public pension plans

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996157240     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616670110070604     Document Type: Article

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