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family characteristics as well as manager characteristics. Additionally, teams exhibit a lower active share and lower risk …
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This paper examines the influence of the position of a fund within its family on its subsequent net-inflows. Our … empirical study of the US equity mutual fund market shows that reaching a top position within the family leads to large inflows … moves into the top positions within its family from one year to another. These results lead to competition within the fund …
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Agency conflicts can arise when a fund manager also chairs the board of the fund. We examine the consequences of this fund manager duality using a broad sample of single managed US equity funds. We find that duality managers significantly underperform non-duality managers. This underperformance...
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We examine the extent of the Status Quo Bias (SQB) in a real-world repeated decision situation. Individuals who are subject to a SQB tend to choose an alternative that was chosen previously (i.e. their status quo), even if it is not the optimal choice any more. We examine the US equity mutual...
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We document that prior work experience of mutual fund managers outside of the asset management industry is valuable from an investment perspective in that it provides managers with a stock picking and industry timing advantage. Fund managers' stock picks from industries where they previously...
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