This thesis consists of three essays on the interaction of investor clienteles and mutual fund behavior. The first essay (Cici, Kempf, and Sorhage 2015, Do Financial Advisors Provide Tangible Benefits for Investors? Evidence from Tax-Motivated Mutual Fund Flowsʺ) adds to the literature on fund...

Preface -- A review of performance, screening and flows in screened mutual funds / Ainulashikin Marzuki and Andrew C. Worthington, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Malaysia, and others -- Does the choice of performance measure matter for ranking of mutual funds? / Amporn Soongswang and Yosawee...