Das erste Paper behandelt den Survivorship Bias bei Aktienfonds. Dieser stellt eine systematische Überschätzung der Performance dar, die entsteht wenn in der Fondsgruppe nur die „Überlebenden“ berücksichtigt werden. Dies ist seit Grinblatt und Titman (1989) bekannt und seitdem in vielen...

In two unrelated papers, we examine different aspects of mutual fund performance and otherissues. In the first chapter, we look at exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and how they differ fromindex funds in performance and tracking error. Using daily data and a more comprehensivesample than past...

In two unrelated papers, we examine different aspects of mutual fund performance and other issues. In the first chapter, we look at exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and how they differ from index funds in performance and tracking error. Using daily data and a more comprehensive sample than past...

Bei der vorliegenden Arbeit handelt es sich um eine Untersuchung mit dem Ziel, die Reaktionen im Umfeld von Veränderungen der Zusammensetzung der großen deutschen Aktienindizes DAX, MDAX und HDAX zu ermitteln. Da in der idealtypischen Finanztheorie eine Indexauswechslung keine...

This paper investigates a dataset that provides information about assets heldby U.S. equity mutual funds, but are not U.S. equities (`unmapped holdings'). Ishow the widespread presence of these assets and investigate how they are usedwithin mutual fund portfolios. I find that their effects are...

Die Dissertation befasst sich mit der praktischen Umsetzung der Behavioral-Finance-Theorie im Bereich des Asset Managements. Hierzu werden zunächst die wesentlichen verhaltensorientierten Anlagestrategien gemäß Fachliteratur identifiziert. Auf Basis von Regressionsansätzen wird anschließend...

This paper proposes a new method of fund rating based on the cross-sectional distribution of fund performance measured by alpha. This distribution-based fund rating model is more flexible and provides more interesting results than current commercial fund rating method used by Morningstar. Unlike...

In this analysis of investment manager performance, two questions are addressed. First, do managers that actively trade stocks create value for investors? Second, can the multifactor model of Gruber capture the cross-section of average fund returns for the Australian setting? The answers from...

The weekend effect is described as the tendency for Monday security returns to be low (or negative) compared to other days of the week. The weekend effect may not be exploited by trading individual stocks because of transactions costs. However, the institutional characteristics of the US-based...

The first essay of this dissertation investigates the relationship between downside risk andreturns of real estate investment trusts (REITs) and assesses the performance of real estatemutual funds (REMFs). We measure the asymmetric risk through downside and upside betas andthrough the measures...