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Why do investors keep buying underperforming mutual funds? To address this issue, we develop a one-period principal-agent model with a representative investor and a fund manager in an asymmetric information framework. This model shows that the investors perception of the fund plays the key role...
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Using detailed mutual fund holdings in the US market, we estimate active mutual fund managers’ loss aversion as a …. We further find managers' loss aversion is higher when past fund flows were high and lower when past fund flows were … that managers compete for greater inflows strategically while exhibiting self-interested choices …
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We provide a rationale for window dressing where investors respond to conflicting signals of managerial ability inferred from a fund's performance and disclosed portfolio holdings. We contend that window dressers take a risky bet on their performance during a reporting delay period, which...
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We provide a rationale for window dressing where investors respond to conflicting signals of managerial ability inferred from a fund's performance and its disclosed portfolio holdings. We contend that window dressers take a risky bet on their performance during a reporting delay period, which...
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