Mutual funds withdraw shield: performance or agency costs driver?

In this paper, using a unique database, we compare the performance of a set of equity mutual funds to a set of equity savings funds, which are similar to equity mutual funds in all but one characteristic: the tax regime that strongly penalizes withdrawals from equity savings funds. We found evidence...

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Main Author: Alves, Carlos (author)
Other Authors: Mouta, Helena (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10198/10348
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:bibliotecadigital.ipb.pt:10198/10348