Why do investors entrust active mutual fund managers with large sums of money while receiving negative excess returns … on average? Our explanation is that investors have a coarser information set than fund managers which leads them to … systematically misinterpret managers' skill. When investors are unable to correctly quantify risk because they have no knowledge of …

Active fund managers are skilled and, on average, have used their skill to generate about $3.2 million per year. Large … investing more capital in funds managed by better managers. These funds earn higher aggregate fees, and a strong positive …