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This paper examines the relationship between seasonality, idiosyncratic risk and mutual fund returns using multifactor models. We use a large sample containing the return histories of 728 UK mutual funds over a 23-year period to measure fund performance. We present evidence that idiosyncratic...
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This paper challenges existing studies of mutual fund market timing that find little evidence of timing ability. Using a sample of daily returns for 35 countries, we find that more than a third of mutual funds show significantly positive market timing ability across all countries. We show that...
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This paper analyzes the short-term market efficiency of the mutual fund industry around the world. Using a unique database of worldwide domestic equity funds, it employs a parametric (regression model) and non-parametric (Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model) approaches to establish a relation...
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We propose and test a methodological framework to examine the relation between mutual fund fees and return predictability. Gil-Bazo and Ruiz-Verdu (2009) drew attention to the puzzling fact that funds with worse before-fee performance charge higher fees. We make another contribution to the...
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We examine the relation between short-term mutual fund performance and fund size around the world. Using a large sample of worldwide equity funds we show that small funds outperform large funds, suggesting diseconomies of scale for the mutual fund industry across countries. We find that fund...
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