Publication Type
Master Thesis
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
2008
Abstract
In this paper, we interpret the flow-performance relationship as an incentive scheme implicitly given to mutual fund managers by mutual fund investors. We show that the flow-performance relationship varies not only with economic activity but also across fund attributes. We provide evidence that the degree of convexity of the flow-performance relationship has a positive effect on the magnitude of tournament behavior. Different from the conventional tournament hypothesis, we show that although the convexity of the flow-performance relationship does produce implicit incentives for fund managers to modify risk-taking behavior as a function of their prior performance, whether or not the mid-year losers increase the risk of their portfolios highly depends on the convexity degree of the flow-performance relationship.
Keywords
financial performance, flow-performance relationship, mutual fund flows, mutual funds, portfolio management
Degree Awarded
MSc in Economics
Discipline
Finance | Portfolio and Security Analysis
Supervisor(s)
TAY, Anthony S.
Publisher
Singapore Management University
City or Country
Singapore
Citation
MA, Baoling.
Flow-Performance Relationship and Tournament Behavior in the Mutual Fund Industry. (2008).
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/etd_coll/18
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Author
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