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Religious and cultural practices have major implications for a Country's economic performance. However, it is not clear if the institutionalization of these social norms within a country's legal system causes material economic effects. In this study I show this to be the case. By employing the...

By employing a novel, hand-collected sample of withdrawn and completed share-issue privatizations (SIPs) we show that both groups undergo comparable restructuring processes over the three years preceding the event. We employ matching procedures to explicitly control for the identified...

1. Introduction -- 2. Active Vs. Passive Management -- 3. Fund Size: Why is it Important? -- 4. Performance Measures and Styles -- 5. Mutual Fund Flows -- 6. Ratings -- 7. Diversification -- 8. Persistence -- 9. Volatility -- 10. Conclusion.