Applying the variance decomposition developed by Asdrubali et al. (1996), the paper explores for the first time the role and the extent of smoothing channels at a micro level using a sample of UK households. Our empirical analysis of British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) data concludes that the...

This study investigates style investing of Islamic equity funds (IEFs) particularly through a portfolio holdings lens. We examine an unbiased survivorship sample of 224 active portfolios domiciled in 22 countries for the period 2004 to 2018, to shed new light on style concentration and change in...