Hodder, James E.; Jackwerth, Jens Carsten - In: Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 42 (2007) 04, pp. 811-826
We investigate incentive effects of a typical hedge fund contract for a manager with power utility. With a one-year horizon, the manager displays risk taking that varies dramatically with fund value. We extend the model to multiple yearly evaluation periods and find that the manager's risk...