Measuring fund clientele by investors’ revealed usage of different asset pricing models, we show that funds with more CAPM investors perform better, all else equal. This predictability is not because the CAPM-alpha predicts future fund performance but because it reflects investor...

We study the information content of the mutual-fund investor mix at the fund level. Building on the fund-flow determinant literature, we develop a method to attribute the proportion of fund net-in-flow explained by a fund's fundamental characteristics and past performance as smart and dumb money...

We study implications of partial versus full disclosure requirements on mutual fund trading and performance, by exploiting a unique hybrid disclosure policy in China, requiring full disclosure at a semi-annual frequency, but only disclosure of top-10 holdings at other quarters. Under partial...