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Portfolio Performance Manipulation and Manipulation-proof Performance Measures

Review of Financial Studies 2007 20(5), 1503-1546
Over the years numerous portfolio performance measures have been proposed. In general they are designed to capture some particular enhancement that might result from active management. However, if a principal uses a measure to judge an agent, then the agent has an incentive to game the measure. Our paper sh